Revise vulnerability reporting and CVE policy

Updated the vulnerability reporting process to no longer accept private reports or issue CVEs, directing users to submit normal GitHub Issues or PRs instead.
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## Reporting a Vulnerability
We use Github's built-in [Private Reporting](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/security-advisories/guidance-on-reporting-and-writing-information-about-vulnerabilities/privately-reporting-a-security-vulnerability) feature to accept vulnerability reports.
~We use Github's built-in [Private Reporting](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/security-advisories/guidance-on-reporting-and-writing-information-about-vulnerabilities/privately-reporting-a-security-vulnerability) feature to accept vulnerability reports.~ We no longer offer CVEs or accept private reporting, 95% of the reports we received were low quality AI slop, so now we just ask for normal Github Issues or PRs.
1. Go to the Security tab on our Github repo: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/security
2. Click the ["Report a Vulnerability"](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/security/advisories/new) button
3. Fill out the form to submit the details of the report and it will be securely sent to the maintainers
You can also contact the maintainers via our public [Zulip Chat Server zulip.archivebox.io](https://zulip.archivebox.io) or [Twitter DMs @ArchiveBoxApp](https://twitter.com/ArchiveBoxApp).
You can contact the maintainers via our public [Zulip Chat Server zulip.archivebox.io](https://zulip.archivebox.io) or [Twitter DMs @ArchiveBoxApp](https://twitter.com/ArchiveBoxApp) if you have a truly urgent security report, but we do not issue public CVEs.
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> Reporters **will still receive credit in release notes** however.
> [!TIP]
> Reports that affect **stable published versions will be issued CVEs** and published w/ full credit.
> ~Reports that affect **stable published versions will be issued CVEs** and published w/ full credit.~
Please read our existing published [security advisories](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/security/advisories), [Security Overview Docs](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Security-Overview), and [issues](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues) and avoid creating duplicates.