Mouse Trail Free Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/mouse-trail-free

Enhance your website with a captivating mouse trail effect that follows your visitors' cursors.

100 active installs v1.4 PHP 7.0+ WP 4.5+ Updated Sep 10, 2024
animationcursor-trailmouse-trail
92
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Mouse Trail Free Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 92/100

Mouse Trail Free has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 1yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "mouse-trail-free" v1.4 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The plugin has no identified attack surface points, meaning there are no readily exploitable entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, or shortcodes. Furthermore, the code demonstrates good development practices, with all SQL queries utilizing prepared statements and all output being properly escaped. The presence of a nonce check also indicates some level of input validation is being implemented, although capability checks are absent. The plugin's vulnerability history is entirely clean, with no recorded CVEs, which is a significant positive indicator of its security.

Despite the excellent static analysis results and lack of past vulnerabilities, the complete absence of capability checks is a potential concern. While the current attack surface is zero, if any functionality were to be added in future versions without proper authorization checks, it could introduce vulnerabilities. The lack of taint analysis results, while potentially indicating no issues, could also be due to the limited scope of analysis or the plugin's minimal functionality. Overall, the plugin appears secure in its current state, but future development should prioritize robust capability checks to maintain this security stance.

Key Concerns

  • No capability checks present
Vulnerabilities
None known

Mouse Trail Free Security Vulnerabilities

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

Mouse Trail Free Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped2 total outputs
Attack Surface

Mouse Trail Free Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsmouse-trail-free.php:36
actionwp_footermouse-trail-free.php:52
actionadmin_menumouse-trail-free.php:64
actionadmin_initmouse-trail-free.php:71
Maintenance & Trust

Mouse Trail Free Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.6.5
Last updatedSep 10, 2024
PHP min version7.0
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs100
Developer Profile

Mouse Trail Free Developer Profile

miranda31

1 plugin · 100 total installs

88
trust score
Avg Security Score
92/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Mouse Trail Free

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/mouse-trail-free/style-free.css/wp-content/plugins/mouse-trail-free/trail-free.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/mouse-trail-free/trail-free.js
Version Parameters
mouse-trail-free/style-free.css?ver=mouse-trail-free/trail-free.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
trail
Data Attributes
mtfree_mouse_trail_colormtfree_mouse_trail_enabledmtfree_mouse_trail_thicknessmtfree_mouse_trail_opacitymtfree_mouse_trail_lengthmtfree_mouse_trail_speed+6 more
JS Globals
mtfree_params
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Mouse Trail Free