Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor 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 for an engaging experience.✅

3K active installs v2.0.0 PHP 7.4+ WP 6.0+ Updated Mar 7, 2026
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A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

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

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 27d 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 Effects Toolkit Security Vulnerabilities

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

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

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedMar 7, 2026
PHP min version7.4
Downloads42K

Community Trust

Rating90/100
Number of ratings4
Active installs3K
Developer Profile

Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Cursor Effects Toolkit Developer Profile

WPXERO

6 plugins · 4K total installs

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

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