# CVSS **Entity class:** Acronym and alias route **CVSS** means the [[wiki/Common Vulnerability Scoring System|Common Vulnerability Scoring System]], a standardized representation of technical vulnerability severity. ## Relationships - **canonical entry:** [[wiki/Common Vulnerability Scoring System|Common Vulnerability Scoring System]]. - **decision complement:** [[wiki/SSVC|SSVC]]. ## Sources / Provenance - Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, [CVSS v4.0 specification](https://www.first.org/cvss/v4.0/specification-document), 2023.