CVE-2024-41481: 
Typora vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Typora before version 1.9.3 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its Mermaid component. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on August 12, 2024, affecting the Markdown editor's functionality (NVD, CVE).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The scope is changed, with low impacts on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability (NVD).

The cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of the user's browser session when interacting with the Mermaid component. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information or manipulation of content within the application (NVD).

The vulnerability has been patched in Typora version 1.9.3. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk (Typora Release Notes).