CVE-2023-29218
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.09%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 64
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- 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
- 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
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