7.4
HIGH
CVE-2019-16263
"Twitter Kit SSL Certificate Validation Bypass"
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 7, 2019, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 5:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-16263 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Twitter twitter_kit
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.appicaptor.com/2019/10/04/vulnerable-library-warning-twitterkit-for-ios/ No Types Assigned https://blog.appicaptor.com/2019/10/04/vulnerable-library-warning-twitterkit-for-ios/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/twitter-archive/twitter-kit-ios/blob/ac42e1351a66afa5ff7718d04d64a905dafe1f41/TwitterCore/TwitterCore/Networking/Security/TWTRServerTrustEvaluator.m#L75-L81 No Types Assigned https://github.com/twitter-archive/twitter-kit-ios/blob/ac42e1351a66afa5ff7718d04d64a905dafe1f41/TwitterCore/TwitterCore/Networking/Security/TWTRServerTrustEvaluator.m#L75-L81 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/dokumente/CVE/Advisory_TwitterKit_for_iOS_CVE-2019-16263.pdf No Types Assigned https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/dokumente/CVE/Advisory_TwitterKit_for_iOS_CVE-2019-16263.pdf Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-295
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:twitter:twitter_kit:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* versions up to (including) 3.4.2
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.20 }} -0.04%

score

0.58234

percentile

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