Vulnerability by Severity: How theBreakdown Chart Works
Understanding yoursite’s risk starts with a clear picture of severity.The Vulnerability Breakdown chart converts raw findings into an at‑a‑glancedistribution across Critical, High, Medium, and Low—so you canfocus on what matters most first.
What It Shows
· The percentage share of vulnerabilities by severity:
· Critical
· High
· Medium
· Low
· A single timeslice (the latest scan), aggregated across PHP, WordPresscore, the active theme, and active plugins.
How We Calculate It
· We fetch total counts by severity from your latest scan.
· We sum them to a grand total.
· For each severity,we compute its share of the whole:
· percentage = (severity_count /total_count) × 100
· Rounded to two decimals
·If there are no findings,all percentages are 0 to avoid divide‑by‑zero issues.
Why This View Is Useful
·Prioritization:Critical and High slices reveal where to act first.
· Trend anchoring:Use alongside trends to see if your severitymix is improving.
·Executive clarity: A compact, defensiblesnapshot for reports and stakeholder updates.
Reading the Chart
· Largered/orange (Critical/High) segments: urgent remediation needed.
· Dominantyellow (Medium): plan fixes in the current sprint.
· Mostlygreen (Low): maintain cadence; monitor for regressions.
· No data:either no vulnerabilities detected or scanninghasn’t populated results yet.
How to Improve Your Breakdown
·Eliminate Critical/High first: patchor replace vulnerable components.
· Reduce Medium over time:schedule structured sprints for remediation.
Preventdrift:keepPHP, core, theme,andpluginsonsupportedversionsto avoidnewfindings.