CVE-2019-5431: twitter twitter_kit Cross-Site Request Forgery

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-5431 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in twitter twitter_kit. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-05-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

This vulnerability was caused by an incomplete fix to CVE-2017-0911. Twitter Kit for iOS versions 3.0 to 3.4.0 is vulnerable to a callback verification flaw in the "Login with Twitter" component allowing an attacker to provide alternate credentials. In the final step of "Login with Twitter" authentication information is passed back to the application using the registered custom URL scheme (typically twitterkit-<consumer-key>) on iOS. Because the callback handler did not verify the authenticity of the response, this step is vulnerable to forgery, potentially allowing attacker to associate a Twitter account with a third-party service.

• CWE-352Cross-Site Request ForgeryThe web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
• CWE-345Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityThe product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.