Visibility Control for LearnDash Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/visibility-control-for-learndash

Visibility Control for LearnDash helps you hide messages and content for specific criterion anywhere on your WordPress page.

1K active installs v1.7 PHP 5.6+ WP 4.0+ Updated Sep 11, 2025
elearninghidehide-contentlearndashlms
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Visibility Control for LearnDash Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Visibility Control for LearnDash has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 6mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "visibility-control-for-learndash" v1.7 plugin exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of known CVEs and a clean vulnerability history are significant positives, indicating a well-maintained and secure plugin over time. The static analysis also reveals a promising lack of dangerous functions, SQL injection risks (with 80% prepared statements), and no identified taint flows with unsanitized paths, which are critical security indicators. However, a major concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping (0% properly escaped). This presents a significant risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, where attackers could inject malicious scripts into the site's output, potentially compromising user sessions or defacing content. While the plugin demonstrates good practices in other areas, this critical oversight in output sanitization demands immediate attention.

Key Concerns

  • 0% output escaping
Vulnerabilities
None known

Visibility Control for LearnDash Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Visibility Control for LearnDash Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
1
4 prepared
Unescaped Output
8
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
4
File Operations
0
External Requests
1
Bundled Libraries
0

SQL Query Safety

80% prepared5 total queries

Output Escaping

0% escaped8 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
menu_page (visibility_control_for_learndash.php:44)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Visibility Control for LearnDash Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 9
actionadmin_menuaddon_plugins\functions.php:18
filterlearn-press/admin-default-scriptsaddon_plugins\functions.php:24
filterpre_http_requestaddon_plugins\functions.php:27
filterplugin_install_action_linksaddon_plugins\functions.php:203
filterplugin_install_action_linksaddon_plugins\functions.php:204
filterplugin_install_action_linksaddon_plugins\functions.php:313
actionwp_headvisibility_control_for_learndash.php:17
actionadmin_menuvisibility_control_for_learndash.php:22
filterlearndash_submenuvisibility_control_for_learndash.php:23
Maintenance & Trust

Visibility Control for LearnDash Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedSep 11, 2025
PHP min version5.6
Downloads14K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings9
Active installs1K
Developer Profile

Visibility Control for LearnDash Developer Profile

Pankaj Agrawal

21 plugins · 5K total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Visibility Control for LearnDash

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
visibility_control_for_learndashvisible_to_course_123hidden_to_course_123visible_to_logged_inhidden_to_logged_invisible_to_logged_outvisible_to_group_123hidden_to_group_123+34 more
Data Attributes
data-plugin-name="Visibility Control for LearnDash"
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Visibility Control for LearnDash