GET

Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

GET /api/vulnerabilities/43760?format=api
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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/43760?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-29gm-tfg6-xkey",
    "summary": "Moodle Authentication Bypass in Question-Bank\nThe question-bank functionality in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended capability requirements and save questions via a save_question action.",
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            "alias": "CVE-2012-2356"
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            "reference_url": "http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-32239",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
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            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017."
        },
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            "name": "Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control."
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            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013."
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            "name": "Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel",
            "description": "A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication."
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}