CVE-2023-29218

Published Apr 3, 2023

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: The Twitter Recommendation Algorithm through ec83d01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reduction of reputation score) by arranging for multiple Twitter accounts to coordinate negative signals regarding a target account, such as unfollowing, muting, blocking, and reporting, as exploited in the wild in March and April 2023. NOTE: Vendor states that allowing users to unfollow, mute, block, and report tweets and accounts and the impact of these negative engagements on Twitter’s ranking algorithm is a conscious design decision, rather than a security vulnerability.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified
CNA Tags: disputed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:twitter:recommendation_algorithm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B1F035D4-D0F8-409D-B6CB-4B9F0E568294",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2023-03-31"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Weaknesses

Configurations

References