CVE-2013-5726

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Tweetbot 1.3.3 for Mac, and 2.8.5 for iPad and iPhone, does not require confirmation of (1) follow or (2) favorite actions, which allows remote attackers to automatically force the user to perform undesired actions, as demonstrated via the tweetbot:///follow/ URL.

Affected products

Tapbots Tweetbot: 1.3.3, 2.8.5

References

http://blog.binaryfactory.ca/2013/11/cve-2013-5726-tweetbot-for-ios-and-mac-user-disclosureprivacy-issue/
http://osvdb.org/99256
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/9
http://blog.binaryfactory.ca/2013/11/cve-2013-5726-tweetbot-for-ios-and-mac-user-disclosureprivacy-issue/
http://osvdb.org/99256
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Nov/9

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