Update Vulnerability Severity 3.0 - API

/rest/{version}/vulnerabilities/{vulnId}/severity/{severityName}

Descriptor	Value
HTTP Method	POST
Description	Changes the severity of the specified vulnerability to the specified severity. Remember to use the custom severity name if it has been defined.
Required Permission	Modify Vulnerabilities
Version Introduced	2.5.1.1
Changes in 2.8.2	Added remoteProviderEntityID and remoteProviderEntityName fields in response. These fields are present when using any previous REST version as well.

Request Header Parameters

Parameter	Value	Required	Description
Accept	String	Yes	A value of ‘application/json’ must be provided.

Sample Calls:

curl --insecure -H 'Accept: application/json' -H "Authorization: APIKEY {apiKey}" -X POST https://localhost:8443/threadfix/rest/latest/vulnerabilities/509/severity/critical

Sample Output:

Values for openTime are returned as Epoch time in milliseconds.

{
  "message": "",
  "success": true,
  "responseCode": -1,
  "object": {
    "id": 509,
    "defect": null,
    "genericVulnerability": {
      "id": 78,
      "name": "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')",
      "displayId": 78
    },
    "genericSeverity": {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "Critical",
      "intValue": 5,
      "displayName": "Urgent"
    },
    "calculatedFilePath": "",
    "active": true,
    "isFalsePositive": false,
    "hidden": false,
    "openTime": 1309962639000,
    "closeTime": null,
    "findings": [
      {
        "id": 770,
        "longDescription": null,
        "attackString": null,
        "attackRequest": "",
        "attackResponse": "",
        "nativeId": "7defd04bac3089120e2187d1c28fccb3",
        "displayId": null,
        "surfaceLocation": {
          "id": 770,
          "parameter": "fileName",
          "path": "/demo/OSCommandInjection2.php"
        },
        "sourceFileLocation": null,
        "dataFlowElements": [],
        "calculatedUrlPath": "/OSCommandInjection2.php",
        "calculatedFilePath": "",
        "dependency": null,
        "findingDescription": null,
        "findingRecommendation": null,
        "vulnerabilityType": "OS commanding vulnerability",
        "severity": "High",
        "scannerName": "w3af",
        "remoteProviderEntityId": null,
        "remoteProviderEntityName": null
      }
    ],
    "documents": [],
    "grcControl": null,
	"tags": [],
    "path": "/OSCommandInjection2.php",
    "parameter": "fileName",
    "dynamicFindings": [],
    "vulnerabilityComments": [],
    "app": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Test",
      "url": null,
      "applicationCriticality": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Medium"
      },
      "grcApplication": null
    },
    "team": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Test"
    },
    "channelNames": [
      "w3af"
    ],
    "vulnId": "509",
    "dependency": null,
    "staticFindings": []
  }
}