TCP session hijacking via permissive NAT tracking
Published May 28, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
TCP session hijacking in Mercury X30G and YR1800XG routers allows attackers on the same Wi-Fi network to interrupt victim connections. Their NAT implementations preserve source ports, accept spoofed traffic without strict reverse-path validation, and fail to track TCP windows, so forged reset and data packets can replace a victim mapping and reveal live sequence numbers. Access to the victim's Wi-Fi network is required; a successful attack can close a TCP session, reroute inbound packets, or corrupt unencrypted traffic.
Summary
What happened
TCP session hijacking in Mercury X30G and YR1800XG routers allows attackers on the same Wi-Fi network to interrupt victim connections. Their NAT implementations preserve source ports, accept spoofed traffic without strict reverse-path validation, and fail to track TCP windows, so forged reset and data packets can replace a victim mapping and reveal live sequence numbers. Access to the victim's Wi-Fi network is required; a successful attack can close a TCP session, reroute inbound packets, or corrupt unencrypted traffic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-30306
- Published
- May 28, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- T1557, T1498
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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