Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-cursor

Enhance your site with Ultimate Cursor Plugin—customize your cursor pointer with icons, text & images, plus stunning background effects.✅

3K active installs v2.1.1 PHP 7.4+ WP 6.0+ Updated Apr 11, 2026
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100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 1mo ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin 'ultimate-cursor' v2.0.0 exhibits a generally strong security posture, with a notable absence of known vulnerabilities and a low attack surface. The static analysis reveals no critical or high severity issues in taint flows, indicating a good approach to handling potentially malicious input. The plugin also demonstrates good output escaping practices (95% properly escaped) and includes capability checks on most entry points. The presence of nonce checks on its AJAX handlers further bolsters its security against common replay attacks. However, a significant concern is the single SQL query found that does not utilize prepared statements. This could be a potential vector for SQL injection vulnerabilities if the query directly incorporates user-supplied data without proper sanitization and parameterization. While the vulnerability history is clean, this single instance of a non-prepared SQL query warrants attention and a potential deduction from its otherwise positive security score.

Key Concerns

  • Raw SQL query without prepared statement
Vulnerabilities
None known

Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Version History

Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit Release Timeline

v2.1.1Current
v2.1.0
v2.0.0
v1.9.2
v1.9.1
v1.9.0
v1.8.0
v1.7.12
v1.7.11
v1.7.10
v1.7.9
v1.7.8
v1.7.7
v1.7.6
v1.7.5
v1.7.4
v1.7.3
v1.7.2
v1.7.1
v1.7.0
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
1
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
2
39 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
9
File Operations
1
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
1

Bundled Libraries

Freemius1.0

SQL Query Safety

0% prepared1 total queries

Output Escaping

95% escaped41 total outputs
Attack Surface

Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit Attack Surface

Entry Points2
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 2

authwp_ajax_ultimate_cursor_install_pluginclasses\class-admin.php:47
authwp_ajax_uc_dismiss_black_friday_widgetclasses\class-dashboard-widget.php:339
WordPress Hooks 31
actionadmin_initclasses\class-admin.php:38
actionadmin_menuclasses\class-admin.php:39
actionin_admin_headerclasses\class-admin.php:40
filteradmin_body_classclasses\class-admin.php:42
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsclasses\class-admin.php:44
filterplugin_action_links_ultimate-cursor/ultimate-cursor.phpclasses\class-admin.php:46
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsclasses\class-assets.php:39
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsclasses\class-assets.php:41
filterrocket_exclude_defer_jsclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:48
filterrocket_exclude_jsclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:49
filterrocket_delay_js_exclusionsclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:50
filterrocket_excluded_inline_js_contentclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:51
filterlitespeed_optimize_js_excludesclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:54
filterautoptimize_filter_js_excludeclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:57
filterw3tc_minify_js_do_tag_minificationclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:60
filterwpfc_exclude_current_pageclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:63
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:66
filterscript_loader_tagclasses\class-cache-compatibility.php:196
actionwp_dashboard_setupclasses\class-dashboard-widget.php:38
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsclasses\class-dashboard-widget.php:39
actionadmin_noticesclasses\class-dashboard-widget.php:40
actionadmin_headclasses\class-dashboard-widget.php:320
actionadmin_headclasses\class-dashboard-widget.php:331
actionadmin_footerclasses\class-dashboard-widget.php:336
actionelementor/element/common/_section_style/after_section_endclasses\class-elementor.php:34
actionelementor/frontend/widget/before_renderclasses\class-elementor.php:35
actionelementor/preview/enqueue_scriptsclasses\class-elementor.php:36
actionadmin_noticesclasses\class-elementor.php:40
actionrest_api_initclasses\class-rest.php:51
filteruser_has_capultimate-cursor.php:96
actionplugins_loadedultimate-cursor.php:347
Maintenance & Trust

Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested7.0
Last updatedApr 11, 2026
PHP min version7.4
Downloads46K

Community Trust

Rating90/100
Number of ratings4
Active installs3K
Developer Profile

Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit Developer Profile

WPXERO

10 plugins · 4K total installs

93
trust score
Avg Security Score
99/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-cursor/assets/css/ultimate-cursor.css/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-cursor/assets/js/ultimate-cursor.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-cursor/assets/js/ultimate-cursor.js
Version Parameters
ultimate-cursor/assets/css/ultimate-cursor.css?ver=ultimate-cursor/assets/js/ultimate-cursor.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
ultimateCursorConfig
REST Endpoints
/wp-json/ultimate-cursor/v1/settings
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit