🧑‍💻 Exploit-DB Exploits Scraper

🚀 Get exploit-db exploits scraper data in seconds. Get the full dataset from the source as clean data / data / data / data.

🕒 Last updated 2026-05-27 · 📊 8 fields per record · Pay-per-result pricing · Public data only

Get Exploit-DB security exploits and vulnerability data: titles, dates, types, platforms, authors, EDB IDs and URLs. Filter by keyword, type, and platform. available as a dataset for SOC analysts, vuln researchers and threat intel teams.

This Actor produces a structured dataset with 8 fields per record, ready for analysts, researchers and downstream pipelines.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Data analysts, researchers, developers	Market research, dataset enrichment, competitive intelligence, lead generation
BI teams, agencies, indie developers	Building dashboards, alerts, BI exports, custom apps

📋 What the Exploit-DB Exploits Scraper does

• Fetches the public data feed in real time.
• Normalises every record into a clean schema with 8 fields.
• Outputs straight to your Apify dataset as data / data / data / data.
• Supports pagination, keyword filters and per-run limits via maxItems.
• Designed for headless, repeatable runs (cron, Make, Zapier, webhooks).

💡 Why it matters: the source is public but unstructured. This Actor turns it into queryable rows you can join, filter and chart instantly.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000
search	string	Free-text search (e.g. apache, wordpress).
category	string	Filter by exploit type.

Example preview run

{
  "maxItems": 10
}

Example filtered run

{
  "maxItems": 5,
  "category": "webapps"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: free accounts are capped at 10 items per run as a preview. Upgrade to a paid plan to unlock up to 1,000,000 items per run.

📊 Output

Each record contains these 8 fields:

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Record title.
id	string	Record identifier.
url	string	Source URL.
date	string	date value from the source.
type	string	type value from the source.
platform	string	platform value from the source.
author	string	author value from the source.
verified	string	verified value from the source.
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of the scrape.
error	string	Error message (only present on failure records).

Sample records

[
  {
    "title": "Linux Kernel 6.8 - Local Privilege Escalation",
    "id": "52573",
    "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52573",
    "date": "2026-05-26",
    "type": {
      "id": "2",
      "name": "local",
      "display": "Local"
    },
    "platform": {
      "id": "16",
      "platform": "Linux"
    },
    "author": "Long Fong Chan",
    "verified": false,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-26T21:58:34.887Z",
    "error": null
  },
  {
    "title": "cPanel - CRLF Injection",
    "id": "52574",
    "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52574",
    "date": "2026-05-26",
    "type": {
      "id": "6",
      "name": "webapps",
      "display": "WebApps"
    },
    "platform": {
      "id": "31",
      "platform": "PHP"
    },
    "author": "nu11secur1ty",
    "verified": false,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-26T21:58:34.952Z",
    "error": null
  },
  {
    "title": "Wordpress Temporary Login Plugin  1.0.0 - 'temp-login-token' Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover",
    "id": "52575",
    "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52575",
    "date": "2026-05-26",
    "type": {
      "id": "6",
      "name": "webapps",
      "display": "WebApps"
    },
    "platform": {
      "id": "24",
      "platform": "Multiple"
    },
    "author": "Amir Hossein Jamshidi",
    "verified": false,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-26T21:58:34.994Z",
    "error": null
  }
]

✨ Why choose this Actor

⚡ Fast	Lean HTTP pipeline. No browser overhead.
🎯 Accurate	Normalised fields, deduplicated rows, real-time fetch.
💰 Pay-per-result	Pay only for the records pushed to your dataset.
🔌 Integration-ready	One-click Make / Zapier / Slack / GitHub / Google Drive.
🛠️ Maintained	Updated whenever the upstream source changes its shape.

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Speed	Cost	Maintenance
Manual Get	🐌 Slow	💸 Wasted hours	🛑 Breaks often
Custom script	⚡ Fast	💻 Dev hours	🛠 You maintain it
This Actor	⚡ Fast	💰 Pay per row	✅ We maintain it

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open the Actor page on Apify Console.
3. Fill in the input form (or paste a data input).
4. Click Start and watch the dataset populate live.
5. Get as data / data / data / data, or pipe to your stack.

💼 Business use cases

📈 Market research

Pull a fresh slice of the source whenever you need it. No more stale manual exports.

🎯 Lead generation

Combine with enrichment Actors to turn raw records into outbound-ready lists.

🧪 Data science

Use the dataset as a clean input for notebooks, ML pipelines or dashboards.

📊 Competitive intelligence

Track changes over time by scheduling daily / weekly runs and diffing snapshots.

🔌 Automating Exploit-DB Exploits Scraper

Use Apify's integrations to wire the dataset into your stack:

• Make - trigger a scenario when a run finishes
• Zapier - fan out new rows to Sheets, Airtable, Notion
• Slack - get a notification with the dataset link
• Airbyte - sync results into your data warehouse
• GitHub Actions - schedule runs from your CI
• Google Drive - auto-upload the data/data

🌟 Beyond business use cases

🔬 Research

Use the dataset for academic studies, longitudinal analyses or sector reports.

🎓 Personal projects

Bootstrap side projects, dashboards, niche search engines, alerts.

🤝 Non-profit

Investigations, policy work, transparency tools - public data put to public use.

🧪 Experimentation

Prototype quickly; the Actor is the boring plumbing so you can focus on the idea.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

• Open in ChatGPT
• Open in Claude
• Open in Perplexity
• Open in Copilot

Paste this link and ask "summarise this Actor and suggest 5 use cases": https://apify.com/parseforge/exploit-db-exploits-scraper

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🟢 Is the data live? Yes. Every run hits the source and returns fresh data.

🟢 Do I need an API key? No. Everything happens through your Apify account.

🟢 What output are supported? data, RSS - Apify dataset standard.

🟢 Can I schedule it? Yes, with Apify Schedules or external cron via Make/Zapier.

🟢 What's the cost? Pay-per-result - see the pricing tab on the Actor page.

🟢 Is this affiliated with Exploit-DB Exploits? No. Independent scraper. Public data only.

🟢 Do you store the data? Your Apify dataset, your data. We don't hold copies.

🟢 What if the upstream changes shape? Open a ticket and we'll patch the Actor.

🟢 Can I filter results? Yes, see the input section above for filters.

🟢 Will it work for 8-field exports? Yes - full schema in every row.

🟢 Can I integrate it with Make/Zapier? Yes - see the automation section.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Apify exposes a REST API + webhooks. Plug the dataset into Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte, Slack, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, Postgres, BigQuery, Snowflake, GitHub Actions, Discord - anywhere your team already works.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with Exploit-DB Exploits. Only publicly available data is collected.