CVE-2016-10511 Weak cryptography in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can intercept OAuth tokens and enable unreleased features due to missing certificate validation in the Twitter iOS client.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-10511?
CVE-2016-10511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Twitter iOS client versions 6.62 and 6.62.1 fail to validate Twitter's server certificates for the /1.1/help/settings.json configuration endpoint, permitting man-in-the-middle attackers the ability to view an application-only OAuth client token and potentially enable unreleased Twitter iOS app features.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10511?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Twitter Twitter.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10511?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10511 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-10511 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10511 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4j5w-436p-3969.