CVE-2018-25363
Cross-Site Request Forgery in Twitter-Clone 1 Allows Post Deletion
Publication date: 2026-05-25
Last updated on: 2026-05-25
Assigner: VulnCheck
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| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-352 | The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability exists in Twitter-Clone 1 and is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue. It allows remote attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly deleting their own posts. Attackers do this by creating malicious HTML forms that target the tweet deletion endpoint (tweetdel.php) with specific tweet IDs. When these forms are automatically submitted by the victim's browser, arbitrary posts can be deleted without the user's consent.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The impact of this vulnerability is that an attacker can delete posts from an authenticated user's account without their knowledge or permission. This can lead to loss of important content, disruption of communication, and potential damage to the user's reputation or data integrity on the platform.