Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-1389

RCE CISA KEV Active

Title: Tp-Link Archer Ax21 RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2023-1389

CWE Category CWE-77
Published Date Mar 15, 2023
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
100.00%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-1389: TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) firmware versions before 1.1.4 Build 20230219 contained a command injection vulnerability in the country form of the /cgi-bin/luci;stok=/locale endpoint on the web management interface. Specifically, the country parameter of the write operation was not sanitized before being used in a call to popen(), allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands, which would be run as root, with a simple POST request.

Impacted Vendors

T
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Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174131/TP-Link-Archer-AX21-Command-Injection.html https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-11 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174131/TP-Link-Archer-AX21-Command-Injection.html https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-11 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-1389
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-1389 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51677
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.