Latest vulnerabilities

GET

/latest

const url = 'https://patchstack.com/database/api/v2/latest';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {PSKey: '<PSKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

curl --request GET \
  --url https://patchstack.com/database/api/v2/latest \
  --header 'PSKey: <PSKey>'

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.

application/json

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

required

Stable Patchstack vulnerability id.

integer

product_id

required

Stable Patchstack product id.

integer

title

required

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

string

description

required

Short narrative summary of the advisory.

string

disclosure_date

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

string

disclosed_at

required

Disclosure date in ISO 8601.

string format: date-time

created_at

required

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

string format: date-time

url

required

URL slug for the advisory.

string

product_slug

required

Lowercase slug of the product.

string

product_name

required

Display name of the product.

string

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

vuln_type

required

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

string

cvss_score

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

number format: float

nullable

cve

required

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

Array<string>

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

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

fixed_in

required

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

string

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

to_version

required

Ending version, inclusive.

string

fixed_in

required

Version that contains the patch for this range.

string

direct_url

required

Public Patchstack vulnerability page.

string format: uri

Example

{
  "vulnerabilities": [
    {
      "id": 7976,
      "product_id": 2175,
      "title": "WordPress File Upload plugin <= 4.16.2 - Contributor+ Path Traversal vulnerability leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE)",
      "description": "Contributor+ Path Traversal vulnerability leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) discovered by apple502j in WordPress File Upload plugin (versions <= 4.16.2).",
      "disclosure_date": "2022-03-01 00:00:00",
      "disclosed_at": "2022-03-01T00:00:00+00:00",
      "created_at": "2022-03-07T11:17:05+00:00",
      "url": "wordpress-file-upload-plugin-4-16-2-contributor-path-traversal-vulnerability-leading-to-remote-code-execution-rce",
      "product_slug": "wp-file-upload",
      "product_name": "WordPress File Upload",
      "product_name_premium": null,
      "product_type": "Plugin",
      "vuln_type": "Directory Traversal",
      "cvss_score": 8.8,
      "cve": [
        "2021-24962"
      ],
      "is_exploited": false,
      "patch_priority": 3,
      "affected_in": "<= 4.16.2",
      "fixed_in": "4.16.3",
      "patched_in_ranges": [
        {
          "from_version": "3.0",
          "to_version": "3.0.34.1",
          "fixed_in": "3.0.34.2"
        }
      ],
      "direct_url": "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.

429

Rate limit exceeded.