Trends Chart: Tracking High‑RiskVulnerabilities Over Time
The Trends Chart shows how your site’s highest‑impactrisks evolve month‑by‑month, so you can see whether you’re getting moresecure—or drifting into danger.
What It Shows
· Atime series of monthly totals for High + Critical vulnerabilities.
· Onevalue per month, across all components (PHP, WordPress core, theme, plugins).
How It Works
· Collects month‑wisecounts of High‑risk and Critical‑risk findings for each component.
· Sums those per component to get amonthly total of High+Critical issues.
· Outputs a cleanseries you can plot:
· label: month (e.g., “Oct 24”)
· value: combined High+Critical count forthat month
Input and Scope
· scan_id:the site scan to analyze.
· timeperiod (optional):e.g., 12m, 6m. Defines how many past months to include.
Output Shape
·A list of points like:
· year:month label (e.g., “Oct 24”)
· value: integer countof High+Critical issues that month
· colorIndex: style hintfor charting (usually 0)
Example:
· [{year: “Oct 24”, value: 7 }, { year: “Nov 24”, value: 5 }, …]
Why It’s Useful
·Direction, not just snapshots:See whether risk is trending up or down.
·Measures outcomes: Verifythat your remediation work actually reduces High/Critical issues.
· Capacity planning:Spikes signal when to allocate patching time.
How to Read It
· Downward trend:You’re successfully reducing serious risk—keepyour cadence.
·Flat line at low values:Stable, healthy state; maintain updates and monitoring.
·Upward trend or spikes:Investigate recent changes, new plugins,or delayed updates.
Quick Actions from the Chart
·If values rise: PatchCritical first, then High;prioritize risky components (often plugins).
· If values plateau:Focus on process (monthly maintenance, auto‑minors,vendor reviews).
·After big updates: Re‑scan toconfirm the trend drops as expected.
Best Practices
·Pair this chart with your Vulnerability Breakdown to see the severity mix behind thetrend.
· Use the High‑Risk Components view topinpoint which pillar is driving spikes.
·Track over at least 6–12months for meaningful patterns.