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CVE-2023-1389

is CVE-2023-1389real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

High · CVSS 8.8EPSS 100.0%CISA KEVCWE-77

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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Community real-world severity: High (High 3) — CVSS base score 8.8

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    Field note · Priya NairCurated

    Confirmed exploited in the wild — listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2023-05-01). Treat as real and prioritize patching over triage.

Same weaknessCWE-77.