CVE-2020-5226

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Este nuevo contenedor nos permite usar plantillas Twig a fin de crear el correo electr\u00f3nico enviado con un reporte de error. Dado que Twig provee un escape autom\u00e1tico de variables, el escape manual del campo free-text en el archivo www/errorreport.php fue eliminado para evitar un doble escape. Sin embargo, para aquellos que a\u00fan no usan la nueva interfaz de usuario, una plantilla de correo electr\u00f3nico est\u00e1 embebida en la clase misma en PHP plano. 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