Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/62838?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/62838?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-6a5y-dwev-93be", "summary": "When a javascript: URL is drag and dropped by a user into the addressbar, the URL will be processed and executed. 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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1059611?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0.2-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0.2-1%3Fdistro=sid" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/371555?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@52.0.2-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-1asm-t31q-w3ef" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-23bx-as83-e3bv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-2j7g-g6dj-qydb" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-3315-b7du-kydm" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-3ega-m6fz-uugy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-4n3b-syg9-ykh9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-54vr-pby9-ffg7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-6a5y-dwev-93be" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-6p3q-f7f6-mygv" }, { 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"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443336", "reference_id": "1443336", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443336" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201704-6", "reference_id": "ASA-201704-6", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201704-6" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-249", "reference_id": "AVG-249", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "Critical", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-249" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5458", "reference_id": "CVE-2017-5458", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "4.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N" }, { "value": "6.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5458" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10", "reference_id": "mfsa2017-10", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "critical", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10" }, { "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3260-1/", "reference_id": "USN-3260-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3260-1/" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 79, "name": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')", "description": "The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.3 - 10.0", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "9.0", "risk_score": 4.5, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-6a5y-dwev-93be" }