CVE-2023-29218
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 3, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 18, 2025
- Reserved
- Apr 3, 2023
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
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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
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