Search

GET https://app.empiricalsecurity.com/api/search

Retrieve CVEs for a specified query

Execute a search query. This query uses Empirical's search syntax and the query portion should be URL-encoded. For example, cURL users can specify `-G --data-urlencode "q=score:>90"` as part of their command to correctly encode and append the search query.

Authentication: Bearer token required

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`q`	string	No	The query to execute, using Empirical search syntax Example: score:>90 vendor:microsoft exp_activity:true
`scoring_model`	string	No	The key of the scoring/model to use for the search (e.g., epss_v4, global, etc.)
`accept`	string	No	JSON is the default response type. If JSON Lines is preferable, set this header to application/jsonl. Example: application/jsonl

Response 200

successful

[
  {
    "identifier": "CVE-2023-49103",
    "description": "An issue was discovered in ownCloud owncloud/graphapi 0.2.x before 0.2.1 and 0.3.x before 0.3.1. The graphapi app relies on a third-party GetPhpInfo.php library that provides a URL. When this URL is accessed, it reveals the configuration details of the PHP environment (phpinfo).",
    "cvss": [
      {
        "version": "3.1",
        "score": 10.0,
        "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
        "metrics": {
          "attack_vector": "Network",
          "attack_complexity": "Low",
          "privileges_required": "None",
          "user_interaction": "None",
          "scope": "Changed",
          "confidentiality": "High",
          "integrity": "High",
          "availability": "High"
        },
        "sources": [
          "cve@mitre.org",
          "mitre"
        ]
      },
      {
        "version": "3.1",
        "score": 7.5,
        "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
        "metrics": {
          "attack_vector": "Network",
          "attack_complexity": "Low",
          "privileges_required": "None",
          "user_interaction": "None",
          "scope": "Unchanged",
          "confidentiality": "High",
          "integrity": "None",
          "availability": "None"
        },
        "sources": [
          "nvd@nist.gov"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "https://owncloud.com/security-advisories/disclosure-of-sensitive-credentials-and-configuration-in-containerized-deployments/",
      "https://owncloud.org/security"
    ],
    "has_exploitation_activity": true,
    "exploitation_activity": {
      "0_to_7_days": true,
      "8_to_30_days": true,
      "31_to_90_days": true,
      "91_to_365_days": true,
      "alltime": true
    },
    "tags": {
      "actor": [],
      "actor_action": [],
      "attack_vector": [],
      "component": [
        "mail server credentials",
        "license key",
        "ownCloud admin password"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "information disclosure",
        "web",
        "configuration"
      ],
      "outcome": [
        "credential disclosure",
        "gather information"
      ],
      "prerequisite": [
        "URL is accessed"
      ],
      "stride": [
        "tampering",
        "information disclosure",
        "denial of service"
      ],
      "weakness": [
        "reveals the configuration details of the PHP environment",
        "exposes various other potentially sensitive configuration details"
      ]
    },
    "cwes": [
      {
        "identifier": "CWE-200",
        "name": "Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor",
        "description": "The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.",
        "category_name": "SFP Secondary Cluster: Exposed Data",
        "category_id": "CWE-963"
      }
    ],
    "reserved_at": "2023-11-21T00:00:00.000Z",
    "published_at": "2023-11-21T00:00:00.000Z",
    "last_updated_at": "2025-01-27T22:24:27.772Z",
    "cisa_kev_added_at": "2023-11-30T00:00:00.000Z",
    "shodan_vulnerability_count": null,
    "google_project_zero": {
      "present": false,
      "patched_at": null
    },
    "exploits": {
      "metasploit": [
        {
          "name": "ownCloud Phpinfo Reader",
          "fullname": "auxiliary/gather/owncloud_phpinfo_reader",
          "description": "Docker containers of ownCloud compiled after February 2023, which have version 0.2.0 before 0.2.1 or 0.3.0 before 0.3.1 of the app `graph` installed\n          contain a test file which prints `phpinfo()` to an unauthenticated user. A post file name must be appended to the URL to bypass the login filter.\n          Docker may export sensitive environment variables including ownCloud, DB, redis, SMTP, and S3 credentials, as well as other host information.",
          "disclosure_date": "2023-11-21",
          "mod_time": "2023-12-04T20:09:56.000Z",
          "url": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/owncloud_phpinfo_reader.rb"
        }
      ],
      "exploitdb": [],
      "github": [
        {
          "repo": "d0rb/CVE-2023-49103",
          "prediction": 0.8660581707954407,
          "predicted_at": "2025-03-10T16:40:29.000Z",
          "repo_created_at": "2025-03-10T20:11:29.004Z",
          "url": "https://github.com/d0rb/CVE-2023-49103"
        }
      ]
    },
    "hackerone_reports_submitted": 4,
    "scores": {
      "global": {
        "score": 0.9713943314711305,
        "percentile": 0.9998484036161284,
        "computed_at": "2025-03-16T07:27:24.000Z"
      },
      "epss_v3": {
        "score": 0.92099,
        "percentile": 0.99238,
        "computed_at": "2025-03-16T15:46:16.000Z"
      },
      "epss_v4": {
        "score": 0.9091291982186883,
        "percentile": 0.996181146025878,
        "computed_at": "2025-03-16T18:47:04.000Z"
      }
    },
    "platforms": [
      {
        "product": "product",
        "vendor": "vendor"
      }
    ],
    "most_recent_exploitation_activity_date": "2025-07-20",
    "exploitation_activity_source_count": 1,
    "replacement_cve": null
  }
]