On the sidebar, click on Products. Then enter the name of the product into the search bar. The product will then be shown in the overview.
Click on the product name in order to open the Product Details page. On the Product Details page all versions of the product will be shown.
Click on the Edit button in order to open the Edit Product dialog (this is necessary if the product previously did not exist and this is the first version of a new product and optional if the product was already existent).
Some of the data fields are already filled in. Please check those fields again.
Select the UNSPCSC categorization of the product using the Change... button located behind the CATEGORIZATION (UNSPSC) and selecting the proper category.
Furthermore add all missing information that are known about the product.
Click on the Details tab to continue.
Enter at least the main function of the software using the FUNCTIONS field (it is possible to add multiple functions). For software optimization projects it is very important to know the main functionality of a software. Therefore, this should be defined on the product level in order to allow comparisons of products that deliver similar functionalities.
Add all information that are known about the product and click on the Identification tab to continue.
Add the COMMON PLATFORM ENUMERATION (CPE) of the product. The CPE for a product can be found on the CVE Details homepage. Go to the page and search for the product.
Search for the vulnerabilities of the product and go to the Security Vulnerabilities page. There the product id can be found in the URL.
Enter the number, and only the number, into the COMMON PLATFORM ENUMERATION field. For example, if the URL states product_id-16324 the entry is 16324.
When all known information have been added to the product, click on the Save changes button.