CVE-2016-10511

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-295

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.

Affected products

Twitter: 6.62, 6.62.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100904
https://hackerone.com/reports/168538
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100904
https://hackerone.com/reports/168538

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