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    "summary": "The Preview plugin in CKEditor allows Cross-site scripting (XSS)\nCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Preview plugin before 4.4.3 in CKEditor allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.",
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