fkie_cve-2023-1389
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2023-03-15 23:15
Modified
2025-11-03 18:58
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174131/TP-Link-Archer-AX21-Command-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-11Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174131/TP-Link-Archer-AX21-Command-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-11Exploit, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-1389US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tp-link archer_ax21_firmware *
tp-link archer_ax21 -


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  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
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