diff --git a/bbot/core/event/base.py b/bbot/core/event/base.py
index 07eb8671cf..3d1e7bdc19 100644
--- a/bbot/core/event/base.py
+++ b/bbot/core/event/base.py
@@ -1542,6 +1542,7 @@ class FINDING(ClosestHostEvent):
     }
 
     def sanitize_data(self, data):
+        data = super().sanitize_data(data)
         self.add_tag(f"severity-{data['severity'].lower()}")
         self.add_tag(f"confidence-{data['confidence'].lower()}")
         return data
diff --git a/bbot/core/helpers/validators.py b/bbot/core/helpers/validators.py
index 0d1b63e6c7..99479b6414 100644
--- a/bbot/core/helpers/validators.py
+++ b/bbot/core/helpers/validators.py
@@ -129,18 +129,24 @@ def validate_host(host: Union[str, ipaddress.IPv4Address, ipaddress.IPv6Address]
     raise ValidationError(f'Invalid hostname: "{host}"')
 
 
+FINDING_SEVERITY_LEVELS = ("INFORMATIONAL", "LOW", "MEDIUM", "HIGH", "CRITICAL")
+
+
 @validator
 def validate_severity(severity: str):
     severity = str(severity).strip().upper()
-    if severity not in ("INFORMATIONAL", "LOW", "MEDIUM", "HIGH", "CRITICAL"):
+    if severity not in FINDING_SEVERITY_LEVELS:
         raise ValueError(f"Invalid severity: {severity}")
     return severity
 
 
+FINDING_CONFIDENCE_LEVELS = ("UNKNOWN", "LOW", "MODERATE", "HIGH", "CONFIRMED")
+
+
 @validator
 def validate_confidence(confidence: str):
     confidence = str(confidence).strip().upper()
-    if confidence not in ("UNKNOWN", "LOW", "MODERATE", "HIGH", "CONFIRMED"):
+    if confidence not in FINDING_CONFIDENCE_LEVELS:
         raise ValueError(f"Invalid confidence: {confidence}")
     return confidence
 
diff --git a/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_events.py b/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_events.py
index 824ab6d146..9a77ea77dd 100644
--- a/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_events.py
+++ b/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_events.py
@@ -404,10 +404,21 @@ async def test_events(events, helpers):
 
     # test CONFIRMED gets bold formatting
     confirmed_finding = scan.make_event(
-        {"host": "test.com", "name": "Test", "description": "Test", "severity": "HIGH", "confidence": "CONFIRMED"},
+        {
+            "host": "test.com",
+            "name": "Test",
+            "description": "Test",
+            "severity": "HIGH",
+            "confidence": "CONFIRMED",
+            "url": "http://test.com",
+        },
         "FINDING",
         dummy=True,
     )
+    assert confirmed_finding.host == "test.com"
+    assert confirmed_finding.port == 80
+    assert confirmed_finding.netloc == "test.com:80"
+    assert confirmed_finding.parsed_url.geturl() == "http://test.com/"
     pretty_string = confirmed_finding._pretty_string()
     assert "[\033[1mCONFIRMED\033[0m]" in pretty_string
     assert f"confidence-{confirmed_finding.data['confidence'].lower()}" in confirmed_finding.tags