Vulnerability · Published Apr 3, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-29218
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/issues/1386
- https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1642324821324230657
- https://steventey.com/blog/twitter-algorithm
- https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1641976913165180929
- https://twitter.com/Kaptain_Kobold/status/1642379706925477888
- https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/tree/ec83d01dcaebf369444d75ed04b3625a0a645eb9