Twitter Security Hole Still Exists
Twitter Operations’ John Adams claimed that the social-networking site patched a bug that allowed U.K.-based search-engine-optimization expert Dave Naylor to insert JavaScript code into tweets where application developers would normally link to product Websites, but TechCrunch and Naylor both say: Not so fast.
Naylor apparently duplicated his feat from Tuesday, creating a dummy Twitter account and inserting code that prompts a dialog box to pop up when accessed through the Twitter Website. TechCrunch reports that Twitter never got in touch with Naylor after he reported the issue, instead attempting to repair it on its own.
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