Latest vulnerabilities

GET

/latest

• Production

Return the 20 most recently added vulnerabilities, ordered by descending created_at (insertion time, not disclosure_date).

Authorizations

• PSKey

Responses

200

The 20 most recent vulnerabilities.

object

vulnerabilities

required

Array<object>

Flat per-item shape returned by the Extended tier. Superset of the Standard shape — adds description, vuln_type, cvss_score, cve, is_exploited, patch_priority, affected_in, and patched_in_ranges.

object

id

required

Stable Patchstack vulnerability id.

integer

Example

7976

product_id

required

Stable Patchstack product id.

integer

Example

2175

title

required

Human-readable title including product name, affected version, and vulnerability type.

string

Example

WordPress File Upload plugin <= 4.16.2 - Contributor+ Path Traversal vulnerability leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE)

description

required

Short narrative summary of the advisory.

string

Example

Contributor+ Path Traversal vulnerability leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) discovered by apple502j in WordPress File Upload plugin (versions <= 4.16.2).

disclosure_date

Disclosure date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS form (legacy).

string

Example

2022-03-01 00:00:00

disclosed_at

required

Disclosure date in ISO 8601.

string format: date-time

Example

2022-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

created_at

required

When the row was inserted into the Patchstack database (ISO 8601). Drives /latest windowing.

string format: date-time

Example

2022-03-07T11:17:05+00:00

url

required

URL slug for the advisory.

string

Example

wordpress-file-upload-plugin-4-16-2-contributor-path-traversal-vulnerability-leading-to-remote-code-execution-rce

product_slug

required

Lowercase slug of the product.

string

Example

wp-file-upload

product_name

required

Display name of the product.

string

Example

WordPress File Upload

product_name_premium

Premium variant name when the author ships two plugins under the same slug. null in the common case.

string

nullable

product_type

required

Product ecosystem.

string

Allowed values: Plugin Theme WordPress

Example

Plugin

vuln_type

required

High-level vulnerability category (e.g. SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting (XSS)).

string

Example

Directory Traversal

cvss_score

CVSS base score, 1.0–10.0. null for unclassified advisories.

number format: float

nullable

Example

8.8

cve

required

CVE identifiers. An advisory can have zero, one, or multiple.

Array<string>

Example

[
  "2021-24962"
]

is_exploited

Whether exploitation has been observed in the wild.

boolean

patch_priority

Recommended patch urgency.

• 1 — Low → patch within 30 days
• 2 — Medium → patch within 7 days
• 3+ — High → patch immediately
• null — unknown

integer

nullable >= 1

Example

3

affected_in

required

Affected version range. Formats include <= x.x.x, < x.x.x, x.x.x-x.x.x, x.x.x,x.x.x, or a single x.x.x.

string

Example

<= 4.16.2

fixed_in

required

First fixed version. Empty string when Patchstack has not yet recorded one.

string

Example

4.16.3

patched_in_ranges

For products that ship patches across multiple minor lines (WordPress core, WooCommerce, Ninja Forms, …), each entry describes a from_version–to_version range and its fix.

Array<object>

object

from_version

required

Starting version, inclusive.

string

Example

3.0

to_version

required

Ending version, inclusive.

string

Example

3.0.34.1

fixed_in

required

Version that contains the patch for this range.

string

Example

3.0.34.2

direct_url

required

Public Patchstack vulnerability page.

string format: uri

Example

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-file-upload/wordpress-file-upload-plugin-4-16-2-contributor-path-traversal-vulnerability-leading-to-remote-code-execution-rce

401

Missing or invalid PSKey header.

403

API key not authorised for the requested endpoint.

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Rate limit exceeded.