Highlight

Highlight has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2024; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.3, and the most serious one scores 4.3 out of 10.

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

The one issue recorded for Highlight has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by Dhabaleshwar Das. Highlight is installed on roughly 8,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.3/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 4.3CVE-2024-37458

Highlight <= 1.0.29 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Notice Dismissal

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Vulnerability Records

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2024-07-01 00:00	Highlight <= 1.0.29 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Notice Dismissal Highlight <= 1.0.29	`CVE-2024-37458`	4.3 Medium	Dhabaleshwar Das	Yes

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Latestv1.0.69

Highlight

Author

Extend Themes

4.9(29)

98/100

Last Updated

2026-08-12 (1mo ago)

Active Installs

8,000+

Downloads

496,978

Requires WP

Requires PHP

5.6+

Created

2018-12-18 (8y ago)

Parent Theme

mesmerize

Highlight is an incredibly flexible, multipurpose WordPress theme that can help you create an amazing website easier than ever, by drag and drop. It comes with a predesigned home page, 5 header designs and over 30 ready to use content sections that you can easily customize. It also has lots of customization options (video background, slideshow background, header content types, gradient overlays, etc) that will help you create a beautiful, unique website in no time. Highlight is responsive so it works on mobile devices out of the box and it is also WooCommerce ready.