GET

Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

GET /api/vulnerabilities/43768?format=api
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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/43768?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-cqu1-32s9-b7b9",
    "summary": "baserCMS Access Control Bypass\nbaserCMS before 3.0.8 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary user settings via a crafted request.",
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            "alias": "CVE-2015-5640"
        },
        {
            "alias": "GHSA-v9gf-98vr-mgp2"
        }
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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."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 264,
            "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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    "severity_range_score": "4.0 - 6.9",
    "exploitability": "0.5",
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    "risk_score": 3.1,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-cqu1-32s9-b7b9"
}