An issue discovered in TP-LINK TL-R473GP-AC, TP-LINK XDR6020, TP-LINK TL-R479GP-AC, TP-LINK TL-R4239G, TP-LINK TL-WAR1200L, and TP-LINK TL-R476G routers allows attackers to hijack TCP sessions which could lead to a denial of service.
Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.
Such a scenario is commonly observed when:
In the generic exploit of session fixation vulnerabilities, an attacker creates a new session on a web application and records the associated session identifier. The attacker then causes the victim to associate, and possibly authenticate, against the server using that session identifier, giving the attacker access to the user’s account through the active session.