
Highlight Searched Terms in Results Security & Risk Analysis
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Is Highlight Searched Terms in Results Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Highlight Searched Terms in Results has a strong security track record. Known vulnerabilities have been patched promptly.
The "highlight-search-terms-results" plugin, version 1.11, exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of dangerous functions, use of prepared statements for all SQL queries, and proper output escaping indicate good development practices. Crucially, there are no identified flows with unsanitized paths in the taint analysis, suggesting that user input is not being processed in a way that would lead to common vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting or SQL injection. Furthermore, the attack surface is effectively zero, with no exposed AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events that could be exploited.
Key Concerns
- Previously patched medium severity XSS vulnerability
- No capability checks detected
- No nonce checks detected
Highlight Searched Terms in Results Security Vulnerabilities
CVEs by Year
Severity Breakdown
1 total CVE
Highlight Searched Terms in Results <= 1.03 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Highlight Searched Terms in Results Code Analysis
Highlight Searched Terms in Results Attack Surface
Maintenance & Trust
Highlight Searched Terms in Results Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Highlight Searched Terms in Results Developer Profile
16 plugins · 51K total installs
How We Detect Highlight Searched Terms in Results
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
highlight-search-terms-results/index.php?ver=1.11