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    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-mw92-826g-s7aa",
    "summary": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')\nCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Install Tool subcomponent in TYPO3 4.0.13 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.13, 4.2.x before 4.2.10, and 4.3.x before 4.3beta2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters.",
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