Twitter XSS vulnerability fixed
- Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 6:57
- Threat Research
Twitterers are still clogging the micro-blogging service with little messages about the cross-site-scripting problem earlier today. Twitter has announced that the problem has been fixed.A cross-site scripting vulnerability using "onmouseover" was being widely exploited to spread worms and redirect viewers to malicious sites.Story here from The Register.Tom Kelchner