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                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/bypasser.php"
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                            "description": "CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')",
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                    "type": "finder",
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                "title": "CVE Program Container",
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