{"cve_id":"CVE-2023-1389","published":"2023-03-15T23:15:09.403000+00:00","last_modified":"2026-06-17T05:27:50.687000+00:00","vuln_status":"Analyzed","description":"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.","cvss_version":"3.1","cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","base_score":8.8,"base_severity":"HIGH","attack_vector":"ADJACENT_NETWORK","privileges_req":"NONE","user_interaction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","impact_c":"HIGH","impact_i":"HIGH","impact_a":"HIGH","cwe_ids":["CWE-77"],"in_kev":true,"kev_date_added":"2023-05-01","kev_ransomware":false,"epss_score":0.99999,"epss_percentile":0.99992,"cap_rule_version":"0.1.1","stage":"INITIAL_ACCESS","req_access":"NONE","req_vector":"ADJACENT","req_user_interaction":false,"grant_access":"USER","caps":["CODE_EXEC"],"terminal":false,"cap_confidence":"high","ingested_at":"2026-09-18T10:20:50.974894+00:00","first_seen":"2023-03-15T23:15:09.403000+00:00","kev_first_seen":"2023-05-01T00:00:00+00:00","novelty_score":0.0,"novelty_reasons":[],"novelty_at":null,"vendors":["tp-link"],"products":["archer_ax21","archer_ax21_firmware"],"affected":[{"vendor":"tp-link","product":"archer_ax21_firmware","ranges":["< 1.1.4"]}]}