CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-29218
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-04-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 configurations
• twitter recommendation algorithm (<= 2023-03-31)
References
- 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
- 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