CVE-2023-29218

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Last Modified on: 04/11/2023 06:12:00 PM UTC

CVE-2023-29218

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Certain versions of Recommendation Algorithm from Twitter contain the following vulnerability:

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.

CVE-2023-29218 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.

CVSS3 Score: 7.5 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
NETWORK	LOW	NONE	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	NONE	NONE	HIGH

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
Elon Musk on Twitter: "@boriquagato Who is behind these botnets? Million dollar bounty if convicted." / Twitter	nitter.domain.glass text/html	MISC twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1642324821324230657
How the Twitter Algorithm works in 2023	steventey.com text/html	MISC steventey.com/blog/twitter-algorithm
GitHub - twitter/the-algorithm at ec83d01dcaebf369444d75ed04b3625a0a645eb9	github.com text/html	MISC github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/tree/ec83d01dcaebf369444d75ed04b3625a0a645eb9
Recommendation Algorithm Manipulation via mass blocks · Issue #1386 · twitter/the-algorithm · GitHub	github.com text/html	MISC github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/issues/1386
Aakash Gupta ???? Product Growth Guy on Twitter: "4. Mutes & unfollows hurt All of the following hurt your engagement: • Mutes • Blocks • Unfollows • Spam reports • Abuse reports https://t.co/Viq19WGgg0" / Twitter	nitter.domain.glass text/html	MISC twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1641976913165180929
Kaptain Kobold @[email protected] on Twitter: "@steventey So reporting a tweet and then blocking the user really screws up their ability to be seen? A useful thing to know." / Twitter	nitter.domain.glass text/html	MISC twitter.com/Kaptain_Kobold/status/1642379706925477888

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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Twitter	Recommendation Algorithm	All	All	All	All

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

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE

Social Mentions

Source	Title	Posted (UTC)
@CVEreport	CVE-2023-29218 : The Twitter Recommendation Algorithm through ec83d01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2023-04-03 21:05:16
/r/netcve	CVE-2023-29218	2023-04-03 22:38:37
/r/Team_IT_Security	CVE-2023-29218	2023-04-03 22:24:23