Is Display During Conditional Shortcode safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (2.0.1). As of 2026-11-04. 1 issue is on record for older versions; version 1.3 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Display During Conditional Shortcode on the latest version (2.0.1) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Display During Conditional Shortcode are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (1.2 and older, fixed in 1.3). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Display During Conditional Shortcode?

2.0.1, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-10-22). It has 200+ active installs.

What should I do if my Display During Conditional Shortcode is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update display-during-conditional-shortcode). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · display-during-conditional-shortcode · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Display During Conditional Shortcode safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 2.0.1
Last updated: 2026-10-22
Active installs: 200+
Known issues on record: 1
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.1.4 · PHP 7.0+

Show or hide content based on date ranges, recurring day/time schedules, or custom strtotime expressions. Includes a Gutenberg block and shortcode. — by Gabriel Serafini

What to do

Update to the latest version (2.0.1). Anything older than 1.3 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get display-during-conditional-shortcode --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update display-during-conditional-shortcode updates it.

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

medium 6.4 CVE-2025-6460 · published 2026-02-18

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Display During Conditional Shortcode (1.2 and older)

Affected: 1.2 and older
Fixed in: 1.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Display During Conditional Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘message’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

NVD CVE-2025-6460 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)wordpress.org

Recent activity

2026-10-22 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.0.1).
2026-02-18 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-6460), fixed in 1.3.

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Browse vulnerabilities

Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/display-during-conditional-shortcode (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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