Mark Vulnerability as Exploitable - API

This API endpoint was removed in version 2.8.2, as vulnerabilities can no longer be marked as exploitable within ThreadFix (this status is now determined from the ingested scan's findings).

/rest/{version}/vulnerabilities/{vulnId}/setExploitable

Descriptor	Value
HTTP Method	POST
Description	Update the specified vulnerability's Exploitable status
Required Permission	Update Vulnerability Exploitable Status
Version Introduced	2.7.2
Changes in 2.7.9	Added a parameter 'exploitable' to control if you set the Exploitable status to True or False.
Changes in 2.8	Added vulnerabilityIds parameter to allow for changing of multiple vulnerabilities at once.
Changes in 2.8.2	Removed endpoint, as vulnerabilities can no longer be marked as exploitable within ThreadFix (this status is now determined from the ingested scan's findings).

Request Header Parameters

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

Request POST Data Parameters

Parameter

Value

Required

Description

exploitable

Boolean

No

Provide 'true' to mark the vulnerability as Exploitable. Provide 'false' to mark the vulnerability as Not Exploitable.

Defaults to 'true' if not provided.

vulnerabilityIds

Integer

Yes*

When used in ThreadFix 2.8 and above.
Provide a vulnerability ID to change the status for that vulnerability. Adding multiple vulnerabilityIds parameters allows
for changing of multiple vulnerabilities at once.

Sample Calls:

Version 2.7.2 to 2.7.9

curl --insecure -H 'Accept: application/json' -H "Authorization: APIKEY {apiKey}" -X POST --data 'exploitable=true' http://localhost:8080/threadfix/rest/latest/vulnerabilities/{vulnerabilityId}/setExploitable

Version 2.8 and higher

curl --insecure -H 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: APIKEY {apiKey}' -X POST --data 'exploitable=true&vulnerabilityIds=16&vulnerabilityIds=17' http://localhost:8080/threadfix/rest/latest/vulnerabilities/setExploitable

Sample Output:

{
    "message": "The vulnerability has been successfully set as Exploitable.",
    "success": true,
    "responseCode": -1,
    "object": 241
}