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    ],
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        {
            "cwe_id": 20,
            "name": "Improper Input Validation",
            "description": "The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 269,
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            "description": "The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor."
        }
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    "severity_range_score": "7.0 - 8.9",
    "exploitability": "0.5",
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    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-7ddh-ksnz-nbhj"
}