CVE-2023-29218 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Twitter	Recommendation Algorithm

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/issues/1386
https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/tree/ec83d01dcaebf369444d75ed04b3625a0a645eb9
https://steventey.com/blog/twitter-algorithm
https://twitter.com/Kaptain_Kobold/status/1642379706925477888
https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1641976913165180929
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1642324821324230657

History

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-400

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-400
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-18T16:59:47.104Z

Reserved: 2023-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-29218

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:00:15.994Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-03T21:15:07.237

Modified: 2025-02-18T17:15:18.033

Link: CVE-2023-29218

Redhat

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