See where vulnerabilities are and more details
See the list of vulnerabilities detected
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Vulnerabilities section is the first one you see when accessing a group. It provides an overview of all types of vulnerabilities detected in your software.
Note: A type of vulnerability is a category following Fluid Attacks' classification, whereas a vulnerability is a specific instance of that type found in your software.
Know the Vulnerabilities table
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Vulnerabilities table offers details about the types of vulnerabilities identified in your group.
The following are short descriptions of what you find for each column:
- Type: The standardized type of vulnerability best matching the characteristics of the vulnerability in your system
- Status: Indicates the condition of the group regarding this type of vulnerability, where it is Vulnerable if the type is present or Safe if the type has been remediated
- Priority score: The share corresponding to the type of vulnerability out of the total priority units accumulated by a group, where priority units comprise (a) the quantitative value corresponding to the qualitative assessment you or your team made of the affected root regarding how critical it is to your software development project; (b) your organization's prioritization policies based on testing technique that found the vulnerability, attack vector, and vulnerability exploitability; (c) the Priority set for individual vulnerabilities when assigned a treatment; and (d) a default score calculated using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) as follows: (4^(CVSS-4)) / 4.096
- Open vulns: The count of locations in your system where this vulnerability type is still present
- Severity Overview: The number of detected vulnerabilities of each CVSS qualitative severity rating, which groups scores as follows:
- Low (0.1 - 3.9)
- Medium (4.0 - 6.9)
- High (7.0 - 8.9)
- Critical (9.0 - 10.0)
- Last report: Days since the last vulnerability of this type was found (regardless of the current Status)
- Remediation: Percentage of reported vulnerabilities of this type remediated by your team
- Age: Days since this vulnerability type was first detected in your system
- Reattack: Status of reattacks for this type of vulnerability (Pending if a reattack is due, - otherwise)
- Release date: Date when the type of vulnerability was first reported in your system
- Treatment: The number of vulnerabilities per assigned treatment
- Description: A definition of the type of vulnerability
Customize your view by reordering, showing or hiding columns using the Columns button.
You can expand rows using the downward arrow to view some of the information about the types of vulnerabilities stacked, along with some additional bits, like if the type is exploitable.
Spot newly reported vulnerabilities
Newly reported types of vulnerabilities are highlighted with a New label for seven days in the table, helping you quickly identify them.
Search the Vulnerabilities table
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The search bar in the Vulnerabilities section lets you quickly find specific information within the table by showing only the rows whose content match your search. It is advisable you search by entering the name of the type of vulnerability, repository nickname or vulnerability location (e.g., file name).
Hide and show columns in the Vulnerabilities table
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
You can customize the table view by choosing which columns to display. Click the Columns button to open a pop-up window where you can hide or show columns. To quickly find a desired column, you can type its name in this window's search bar. Once you are done customizing, click on Save.
Use the Reset to default button to enable only these recommended columns: Type, Status, Priority score, Open vulns, Severity overview, and Last report.
Note: Your preferences for which columns to see persist across Vulnerabilities sections within your groups.Reorder columns in the Vulnerabilities table
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
You can further customize the table view by choosing the column order. Click the Columns button to open a pop-up window where you can drag the column names to rearrange the table. You can click on the X of a corresponding column to hide it. When you are finished, click on Save.
Note: Your column order preferences persist across Vulnerabilities sections within your groups.Filter the Vulnerabilities table
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
You can filter the table to facilitate your search. To access the multiple options, click the Filters button.
To clear a filter, click on the X next to it.
Note: Your filters persist only in the Vulnerabilities section of the group you applied them to.Generate reports
Role required: Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Generate report option in the Vulnerabilities section allows you to download reports varying in detail. Group Managers additionally have the option to generate security testing certificates. For details on available report types and how to generate them, read Download a report of detected vulnerabilities.
Remember the feature to access recent downloads!
See where vulnerabilities are located
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
In the Vulnerabilities section, when you click on a type of vulnerability, you then access a set of spaces dedicated to it. The header is visible across the latter, and it informs the group name, the type of vulnerability, and the amount of time it may take you to remediate it.
The Locations section informs where in your system each vulnerability of the selected type was detected and provides relevant information for its management.
These are the descriptions of what you find in the table:
- Location: The file path where this vulnerability type was found
- Specific: The exact lines of code, inputs (e.g., password fields) or ports where the vulnerability was found (thus the repetition of files in Location sometimes)
- Status: Indicates whether the lines of code, inputs or ports are Vulnerable (the vulnerability is present) or Safe (the vulnerability is no longer present)
- Technique: The security testing technique used to detect the vulnerability, which can be one of these:
- SAST: Automated static code analysis
- DAST: Automated dynamic analysis
- SCA: Automated analysis of third-party dependencies
- CSPM: Automated analysis of cloud environments
- SCR: Static code analysis done manually
- PTaaS: Dynamic analysis done manually
- RE: Reverse engineering of your system done manually
- Severity (v4.0): The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v4.0 score assigned to the vulnerability
- Priority score: The share corresponding to the vulnerability out of the total priority units accumulated by a group, where priority units include (a) the quantitative value corresponding to the qualitative assessment you or your team made of the affected root regarding how critical it is to your software development project, (b) your organization's prioritization policies based on testing technique that found the vulnerability, attack vector, and vulnerability exploitability, and (c) the result of (4^(CVSS-4)) / 4.096
- Report date: The date when the vulnerability was reported
- Reattack: Status of reattack requests or outcomes, if applicable, which may be one of the following:
- Pending: Fluid Attacks is yet to communicate the outcome of the requested reattack
- On hold: The requested reattack is not possible until your team solves an event impeding testing
- Verified open: The reattack evidences the vulnerability is still present
- Verified closed: The reattack evidences the vulnerability is no longer present
- Treatment: The defined treatment for the vulnerability:
- Untreated: The vulnerability treatment assignment is due
- In progress: The remediation of the vulnerability has been assigned to a member of your team
- Temporarily accepted: The vulnerability is accepted until a defined date
- Permanently accepted: The vulnerability is accepted indefinitely
- Verified closed: The reattack evidences the vulnerability is no longer present
- Zero risk: Whether your organization has flagged the vulnerability as representing no risk to it
- Tags: Any tags you or your team have added to identify the vulnerability
- Treatment acceptance: The status of a vulnerability acceptance request, which may be one of the following:
- Assignees: The individuals assigned to address the vulnerability
Newly reported vulnerabilities are marked with the New label next to its location for seven days.
Type a tag in the search bar to see only vulnerabilities labeled with it. And go to Analytics to see the number of vulnerabilities for each of the tags you or other team members have created.
To access the options to show, hide, or reorder columns, click the columns (
) button. This causes a pop-up window to appear. On the left, you can make your selection, and on the right, reorder the enabled columns. Click Save to apply the changes.
) button. This causes a pop-up window to appear. On the left, you can make your selection, and on the right, reorder the enabled columns. Click Save to apply the changes.
Use the Reset to default button to enable only these recommended columns: Location, Specific, Status, Severity (v3.1/4.0), Priority score, Technique, Treatment, and Report date.
Note: Your preferences for which columns to see persist across Locations sections within your groups. A way to quickly find what you are looking for in the table is typing search terms in the search bar. Immediately, only the rows whose content matches your search are shown.
You can limit the information you see on the table by clicking on the filters button (
) and using one or more of the available options.
) and using one or more of the available options.
You can also use a selection of quick filters: Location, Status, and Technique.
See inside a vulnerability
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
You can click on a vulnerability in the Locations section to open a pop-up window with multiple tabs: Details, Severity, Code (if applicable), Treatments (if applicable) and Tracking. This window has a unique URL for easy sharing with team members or Fluid Attacks staff, which you can copy by clicking on the link icon. Moreover, for many vulnerabilities, the window offers the How to fix button, which triggers the generation of custom remediation guides with artificial intelligence.
See the details of a specific vulnerability
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Details tab provides comprehensive information about the state of the selected vulnerability.
These are the details shown in this tab:
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Location:
- The file path where the vulnerability was detected
- LoC/port/input: The specific line of code, port number, or input field affected
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General details:
- Report date: The date the vulnerability was reported
- Closing date: The date it was verified the vulnerability is no longer present or, for another reason, its Status changed from Vulnerable to Safe
- Closing reasons: The reason the vulnerability's Status changed from Vulnerable to Safe
- Commit hash: ID of the commit that created the vulnerability
- Vulnerability description: Fluid Attacks' definition of the type of vulnerability
- Tags: User-defined tags for identifying the vulnerability
- Zero risk: Indicates if the Zero risk treatment has been applied to this finding (your organization requests this treatment if the finding poses no risk)
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Reattacks:
- Last request: The date of the most recent reattack request
- Requester: The email of the member who requested the last reattack
- Cycles: The total number of reattack requests for this vulnerability
- Efficiency: The percentage representing one positive reattack outcome (confirming the vulnerability was fixed) out of all the reattacks carried out
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Treatments:
- Current: The currently applied treatment for the vulnerability
- Assigned: The email of the member assigned to address the vulnerability
- Date: The date the treatment was applied
- Expiration: The expiration date for a Temporarily accepted treatment
- Justification: The reason provided for applying the Temporarily accepted treatment
- Changes: The number of times the treatment of that vulnerability has changed
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- Name: The name of the vulnerable package
- Vulnerable version: The affected package version
- CVE: The associated Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier of the vulnerable version
Learn the severity of a specific vulnerability
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Severity tab provides detailed information about the CVSS severity score assigned to the specific vulnerability.
These are the details shown:
- Vector CVSS v3.1/4.0 string: The values used to derive the score represented textually
- Severity CVSS v3.1/4.0 score: The calculated severity score and its corresponding qualitative rating
- The severity score breakdown showing the values for each metric along with a visual representation of the value
Click the string to follow the link to the score calculator showing said values.
Hover over the metric to reveal its definition and the description of its possible values.
See the vulnerable line of code
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Code tab highlights the vulnerable code snippet and shows the code surrounding it, allowing you to pinpoint the issue directly within your codebase.
Edit treatment for a vulnerability
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The Treatments tab allows you to manage the treatment for the vulnerability, as well as manage tags, link to the related issue in a bug tracking system, and priority score. Read about these fields in Assign treatments.
See the history of a specific vulnerability
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Tracking tab allows you to see the management decisions made over a vulnerability over time, including changes in status, treatments, and other relevant details.
Get the link to share the details of a vulnerability
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You can easily share the pop-up window for a vulnerability with others, as it has got a unique URL containing the vulnerability ID. To copy the URL, simply click on the link icon.
Get a custom guide to fix the vulnerability
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
Always review the accuracy of remediation guides generated with AI.
From the pop-up window, you can immediately get a step-by-step, custom, AI-generated guide to remediate the vulnerability. Simply click the How to fix button and let Fluid Attacks' Custom fix feature create this useful resource for you to plan the remediation of the vulnerability in question. Bear in mind that this feature is not available for some vulnerabilities.
See the description of a type of vulnerability
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Description section of a type of vulnerability provides its definition and relevant characteristics to more clearly understand the issue and possible fixes.
Specifically, this section provides the following information:
- Description: Fluid Attacks' definition of the type of vulnerability in question
- Requirements: The security requirements, according to Fluid Attacks' classification, that may have been violated
- Impacts: What an attacker can achieve exploiting the vulnerability
- Threat: The attack vector an attacker has to follow and the privileges they require to exploit the vulnerability
- Recommendation: Advice for remediating the vulnerability
- Do you need help with this vulnerability?: Link to schedule a video meeting to discuss the vulnerability with a member of Fluid Attacks' hacking team
- Default vector CVSS v3.1/4.0 string: The textual representation of the values used to derive the default score for this type of vulnerability
- Default severity CVSS v3.1/4.0 score: The default severity score calculated for this type of vulnerability and its corresponding qualitative rating
See the severity of a type of vulnerability
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group ManagerThe Severity section of a type of vulnerability details the values it was given in each of the metrics of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v4.0. You can hover over the metrics to see their definitions and the descriptions of their possible values.
See evidence of exploitability
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
In the Evidence section of a type of vulnerability you may find screenshots of c ode snippets demonstrating the presence of the vulnerability and screenshots or videos showing the ethical exploitation of the vulnerability in question. You can click on these resources to enlarge them and then download them. Learn more details about this section in Examine the evidence of exploitability.
See the timeline of a type of vulnerability
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
In the Tracking section of a type of vulnerability, you can view its timeline, detailing cycles which are marked by reattack outcomes and any temporary and permanent acceptance treatments. To see the timeline for a vulnerable line of code, input or port, refer to See the history of a specific vulnerability.
See affected records
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Records section of a type of vulnerability contains sensitive information gathered by Fluid Attacks' hacking team during ethical vulnerability exploitation. This information is specific to your organization and may include financial details (e.g., account numbers, transactions, credit card numbers), personal data (e.g., phone numbers, contacts, personally identifiable information) and technical information (e.g., roles, keys, access tokens).
The information in this section is stored only here and is exclusively accessible to authenticated users with proper permissions within your group.
Comment on a type of vulnerability
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The Consulting section is available in the Essential plan in view-only mode.
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Consulting section is a forum-like space for discussions between your team and Fluid Attacks about the type of vulnerability in question. Any member can post a new thread or reply to an existing one. To learn more about this help option, read Comment on Consulting sections.
Notify of a type of vulnerability
Role required: Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
The Fluid Attacks platform allows you to send an email notification to members informing them of the vulnerabilities still present of a specific type. To do this, follow these steps:
- Access the group where the target type of vulnerability was detected.
- In the Vulnerabilities section, click on the type of vulnerability.
- In the Locations section, click on the notify button (
). - In the pop-up window, confirm the delivery by clicking Notify.
The notification is then sent to members who have Vulnerability alert enabled.
Request reattacks
Role required: User, Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
From Fluid Attacks' platform, you can send requests to verify the effectiveness of your code fixes. These retests done by Fluid Attacks are called reattacks. To request them, you have to click the Vuln. Management button in the Locations section, check the boxes of the vulnerabilities to verify, and select Reattack. Find the entire details about this feature in Verify fixes with reattacks.
Edit treatment, assignee, BTS link and more
Role required: Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
Members with the User role can assign fix work to themselves and edit the External BTS, Tags and Priority values.
You can modify vulnerability management decisions from the platform's Locations section. To make your modifications, follow these steps:
- Go to the Locations section of the target type of vulnerability.
- In the table, select the checkbox on the left of the vulnerability that you need to edit.
- Click the Edit treatment button.
- Make the necessary changes in the form. Treatment and Assigned can only be modified by Vulnerability Managers and Group Managers. (For the descriptions of the fields, read Assign treatments.)
- Click on Confirm to apply the changes.
Approve vulnerability acceptance requests
Role required: Vulnerability Manager or Group Manager
In the Locations section, you can approve the request for a vulnerability to be temporarily or permanently accepted. You do this with the Treatment acceptance option, available after clicking the Vuln. Management button. To learn all the details, read about this topic in Assign treatments.
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