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          "type": "finder",
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          "lang": "en",
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            {
              "cweId": "CWE-79",
              "description": "CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\u0027Cross-site Scripting\u0027)",
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          ]
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        "shortName": "Wordfence"
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        {
          "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a20ef41d-7f01-4ef2-aae0-0b254ea78bc5?source=cve"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/consensus-embed/tags/1.6/consensus.php#L43"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/consensus-embed/tags/1.6/consensus.php#L40"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/consensus-embed/trunk/consensus.php#L43"
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          "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/consensus-embed/trunk/consensus.php#L40"
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "time": "2026-03-06T18:45:53.000Z",
          "value": "Disclosed"
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      ],
      "title": "Consensus Embed \u003c= 1.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via \u0027src\u0027 Shortcode Attribute"
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