Vulnerability CVE-2023-29218
Published: 2023-04-03

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.

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