CVE-2023-29218

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/issues/1386	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/tree/ec83d01dcaebf369444d75ed04b3625a0a645eb9	Product
https://steventey.com/blog/twitter-algorithm	Product
https://twitter.com/Kaptain_Kobold/status/1642379706925477888	Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1641976913165180929	Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1642324821324230657	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:twitter:recommendation_algorithm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-04-03 21:15

Updated : 2024-05-17 02:22

NVD link : CVE-2023-29218

Mitre link : CVE-2023-29218

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-29218

JSON object : View

Products Affected

twitter

recommendation_algorithm

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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