CVE-2026-97019 AMP for WP <= 1.1.17 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'headline-*' Shortcode Attribute
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-97019?
CVE-2026-97019 is a high-severity vulnerability in mohammed_kaludi AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages, published on 28 Oct 2026.
Official description
The AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'headline-*' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. A Subscriber-level user can store a malicious shortcode in their biographical info field; because WordPress core's wp_filter_kses() only strips HTML tags and not shortcode syntax, and because AMP content sanitizers run before do_shortcode() processes the archive description, the synthesized markup is never post-sanitized.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-97019?
How do I fix CVE-2026-97019?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-97019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-97019 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97019 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cffj-cwcj-4vv7.