CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-16263

The Twitter Kit framework through 3.4.2 for iOS does not properly validate the api.twitter.com SSL certificate. Although the certificate chain must contain one of a set of pinned certificates, there are certain implementation errors such as a lack of hostname verification. NOTE: this is an end-of-life product.

5.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://blog.appicaptor.com/2019/10/04/vulnerable-library-warning-twitterkit-for-ios/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/dokumente/CVE/Advisory_TwitterKit_for_iOS_CVE-2019-16263.pdf Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/twitter-archive/twitter-kit-ios/blob/ac42e1351a66afa5ff7718d04d64a905dafe1f41/TwitterCore/TwitterCore/Networking/Security/TWTRServerTrustEvaluator.m#L75-L81 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:twitter:twitter_kit:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-10-07 12:15

Updated : 2019-10-09 05:45

NVD link : CVE-2019-16263

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16263

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation