Mercusys AC12G (EU) V1 router with firmware AC12G(EU)_V1_200909 uses a static authentication nonce that does not change between requests from the same source IP. Combined with the predictable XOR-based password encoding (securityEncode function), this allows an attacker to reverse captured authentication tokens to recover the plaintext password.
History

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First Time appeared Mercusys
Mercusys ac12g
Vendors & Products Mercusys
Mercusys ac12g

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Title Static Nonce and Predictable XOR Encoding Enable Recovery of Plaintext Passwords on Mercusys AC12G Router
Weaknesses CWE-326

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Weaknesses CWE-327
CWE-341
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Title Static Nonce and Predictable XOR Encoding Enable Recovery of Plaintext Passwords on Mercusys AC12G Router
Weaknesses CWE-326

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Description Mercusys AC12G (EU) V1 router with firmware AC12G(EU)_V1_200909 uses a static authentication nonce that does not change between requests from the same source IP. Combined with the predictable XOR-based password encoding (securityEncode function), this allows an attacker to reverse captured authentication tokens to recover the plaintext password.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-06-03T19:38:09.934Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-36609

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-03T19:38:03.249Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-03T18:16:22.063

Modified: 2026-06-04T15:41:35.193

Link: CVE-2026-36609

cve-icon Redhat

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