Is CVE-2023-1389 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2023-1389 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2023-05-01.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-1389?

CVE-2023-1389 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-1389?

CVE-2023-1389 has an EPSS score of 100.00% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-1389

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-77Command Injection

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

100.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

TP-Link Archer AX-21 Command Injection Vulnerability

TP-Link Archer AX-21 contains a command injection vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2023-05-22

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.