AMP for WP <= 0.9.97.20 — Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2018-20838Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤0.9.97.20Update to 0.9.97.21 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.4
- CVSS
- 5.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages accelerated-mobile-pages
- Affected≤ 0.9.97.20
- Patched in0.9.97.21
Update to 0.9.97.21 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 0.9.97.20. Version 0.9.97.21 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 0.9.97.21, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
ampforwp_save_steps_data in the AMP for WP plugin before 0.9.97.21 for WordPress allows stored XSS.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload ≤1.1.10Update to 1.1.11 | CVE-2026-0627 |
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Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.
