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    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/15174?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-vnfc-hrvb-ffax",
    "summary": "Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the script console\nLiferay Server Admin Web before 4.0.12 from Liferay Portal v7.3.2 and below and Liferay DXP v7.0 and below were discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the script console under the Server module.",
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            "alias": "CVE-2021-38263"
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