Following a User Actually Follows Another User

Disclosed: 2015-12-02 17:40:51 By ericr To x
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Vulnerability Details
I can display a web intent page to a victim that appears to prompt them to follow one user, but actually ends up following a completely different user when they click "follow". The following is a proof of concept: https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=twitter&screen_name=ericrtest3&user_id=113483807 This is somewhat related to the last bug I submitted (see #95217), albeit the impact is more dramatic. This can be used by malicious users such as spammers and social engineers to trick a user into following them.
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  • Report ID: 95243
  • State: Closed
  • Substate: resolved
  • Upvotes: 1
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