Historical CVE Intelligence and Risk Evolution
Retrieves detailed information for individual CVEs that have appeared in one or more of Cytidel’s trending categories during a selected time period. This endpoint returns a structured view of each CVE’s description, metadata, vendor and product information, along with indicators of online activity over the past 24 hours, 48 hours, 7 days, and 30 days.
This is intended to complement the Trending Vulnerability Counts summary by providing in-depth context on the vulnerabilities behind the aggregated counts.
The trending categories are:
(Number in parentheses indicates TrendType value for request)
- Trending (News & Social) (0)
- Rising Risk Rating (1)
- CISA KEV (2)
- Not in NVD (3)
- Potential Public Exploit (4)
- Rising EPSS (5)
- Potential POC (6)
- Cytidel Spotlight (7)
Each CVE record includes:
- CVE Identifier: The unique CVE ID assigned to the vulnerability.
- Description: A human-readable explanation of the vulnerability and its impact.
- Recon Link: A direct link to the CVE page on Cytidel’s Recon platform.
- Vendors and Products: A list of affected vendors and associated products.
- EPSS Score: Exploit Prediction Scoring System value estimating likelihood of exploitation.
- CVSS Score: Common Vulnerability Scoring System rating (0–10 scale).
- Risk Rating: Cytidel's calculated risk level (e.g., Low, Medium, High, Critical).
- Identified Date: When Cytidel first identified the vulnerability.
- Last Updated: Timestamp of the most recent update to the CVE record.
- Trending Signals:
- Social and news mentions over several time windows (24h, 48h, 7d, 30d), allowing tracking of attention or emerging awareness.
Example Use Case
Security analysts can use this endpoint to drill down into high-level summaries and:
- Understand why a CVE was flagged in a trending category.
- Prioritize investigation based on EPSS/CVSS scores and social media attention.
- Trace activity patterns in news and social channels over time.