# CVE-2026-97019: AMP for WP <= 1.1.17 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'headline-*' Shortcode Attribute


- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 29 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cffj-cwcj-4vv7

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-97019 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-97019 is a high-severity vulnerability in mohammed_kaludi AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages, published on 28 Oct 2026. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: mohammed_kaludi AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97019/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97019/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97019
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97019
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-97019

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97019/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.