Plugins · wp-showhide · data as of 2026-11-04
Is WP-ShowHide safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 3.0.0
- Last updated
- 2026-08-09
- Active installs
- 9,000+
- Known issues on record
- 2
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.0.8 · PHP 8.2+
Allows you to embed content within your blog post via WordPress ShortCode API and toggling the visibility of the content via a button. — by Lester Chan
What to do
- Update to the latest version (3.0.0). Anything older than 1.06 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 wp-showhide --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update wp-showhide updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
2 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 6.5 CVE-2025-67541 · published 2025-12-09
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP-ShowHide (1.05 and older)
- Affected
- 1.05 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.06
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Lester Chan WP-ShowHide wp-showhide allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP-ShowHide: from n/a through <= 1.05.
medium 5.4 CVE-2022-4825 · published 2023-02-06
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP-ShowHide (older than 1.05)
- Affected
- older than 1.05
- Fixed in
- 1.05
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The WP-ShowHide WordPress plugin before 1.05 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
Recent activity
- 2026-08-09 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.0.0).
- 2025-12-09 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-67541), fixed in 1.06.
- 2023-02-06 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2022-4825), fixed in 1.05.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Lester Chan (5 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (2)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/wp-showhide (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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