CVE Explorer 🔍

A full-stack cybersecurity tool to search and explore CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) with real-time data from NVD and Exploit-DB.

🌐 Live Demo → cve-explorer-kohl.vercel.app ⚙️ API → cve-explorer-api.onrender.com

Features

• 🔎 Search CVEs by ID or keyword
• 📊 CVSS score visualization with severity gauge
• 💣 Exploit-DB lookup (EDB-ID, author, type)
• 📦 Affected software & references
• ⚡ Fast, modern dashboard UI

Tech Stack

Frontend — React + Vite, Axios
Backend — Python, FastAPI, httpx
Data Sources — NVD API v2, Exploit-DB
Deployment — Render (backend), Vercel (frontend)

Getting Started

Backend

cd cve-explorer/backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn main:app --reload

Frontend

cd cve-explorer/frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Environment Variables

Copy .env.example to .env in the backend folder and fill in:

NVD_API_KEY=your_nvd_api_key_here

Get a free NVD API key at https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/request-an-api-key

Deployment

• Backend → Render (free tier works)
• Frontend → Vercel

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/cve/{cve_id}	Get CVE details
GET	/cve/search?q=	Search CVEs by keyword
GET	/exploit/{cve_id}	Get Exploit-DB entry for a CVE

License

MIT