CVE-2023-1389NVD

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Severity Level

UNKNOWN

Published Date

Mar 15, 2023

Last Modified

Oct 21, 2025

PoC

Available(Nuclei)

Exploitation Status

ACTIVE

EPSS Score (30-Day)

Data Pending

Root Weakness (CWE)

N/A

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions

n/a TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) >= All versions prior to version 1.14 Build 20230219

Patched Versions

Not provided by cveorg for this CVE.

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