Hide Text Shortcode

Hide Text Shortcode has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Hide Text Shortcode has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.

All of these findings were reported by theviper17y. Hide Text Shortcode is installed on roughly 400 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 4.8.30.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage0%

Open

Fixed

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Most severe open issueCVSS 6.4CVE-2025-49051

Hide Text Shortcode <= 1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2025-08-13 00:00	Hide Text Shortcode <= 1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Hide Text Shortcode <= 1.1	`CVE-2025-49051`	6.4 Medium	theviper17y	No

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Plugin Profile

Latestv1.1

Hide Text Shortcode

Author

biscia7

0.0(0)

0/100

Last Updated

2016-06-16 (10y ago)

Active Installs

400+

Downloads

2,654

Requires WP

3.9+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 4.8.30

Created

2016-06-06 (10y ago)

Hide Text Shortcode Useful shortcode to hide text in a post [htsP type=”Read More…”]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.[/htsP]. This shortcode add a javascript function that hide a text in a post and will show it on clicking on a choosen string. Credits This plugin is created by Danilo Franceschini.

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