Database Cleaner <= 1.4.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary Table Deletion

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        {
          "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/database-cleaner/trunk/classes/rest.php#L765"
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          "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3774510/"
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