Bug Animation Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/bug-animation

Bug Animation adds animated flies that buzz across your WordPress site for a playful visual effect.

0 active installs v1.0.1 PHP 7.2+ WP 5.0+ Updated Nov 3, 2025
animationbugsflyscreen-effectsvisual-effects
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Bug Animation Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Bug Animation has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 5mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "bug-animation" v1.0.1 plugin demonstrates a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits its attack surface. Furthermore, the code adheres to excellent practices by not utilizing dangerous functions, performing all SQL queries with prepared statements, and ensuring all output is properly escaped. The lack of file operations, external HTTP requests, nonce checks, and capability checks, while contributing to a small attack surface, also indicates a limited feature set that might inherently reduce opportunities for vulnerabilities. The plugin's vulnerability history is clean, with no recorded CVEs, suggesting a history of secure development or a lack of previous scrutiny.

While the static analysis reveals a remarkably secure codebase with no identified vulnerabilities or concerning code signals, the complete absence of entry points (AJAX, REST API, shortcodes, cron) and explicit security checks (nonces, capabilities) is noteworthy. This could indicate a very basic or inactive plugin, or a plugin whose functionality is entirely handled via frontend JavaScript without server-side interaction for security-sensitive operations. The lack of taint analysis flows also means that even if there were potential data flows, they were not flagged as problematic by the analysis tool in this instance. Therefore, the overall security is high due to excellent coding practices and a minimal attack surface, but the limited scope of the analysis (e.g., no taint flows) means absolute certainty isn't achievable without further in-depth auditing if the plugin were to evolve.

Key Concerns

  • No Nonce Checks
  • No Capability Checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Bug Animation Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Bug Animation Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped12 total outputs
Attack Surface

Bug Animation Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsbug-animation.php:52
actionadmin_menubug-animation.php:64
actionadmin_initbug-animation.php:132
Maintenance & Trust

Bug Animation Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedNov 3, 2025
PHP min version7.2
Downloads157

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Bug Animation Developer Profile

Abid KP

1 plugin · 0 total installs

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

How We Detect Bug Animation

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/bug-animation/js/bug-min.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/bug-animation/js/bug-min.js
Version Parameters
bug-animation/js/bug-min.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

Data Attributes
name="buganimation_enabled"name="buganimation_min_bugs"name="buganimation_max_bugs"name="buganimation_mouse_over"
JS Globals
bugAnimationData
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Bug Animation