CVE-2020-18748
Published: 19 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-18748 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Typora Typora. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 41.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-10665
Vulnerability details
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Typora v0.9.65 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via mathjax syntax due to a mathjax configuration error in the mathematical formula blocks. This is a different vulnerability from CVE-2020-18221.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.