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Scrape

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a web-scraping guidance skill with disclosed third-party scraping support and no bundled executable code or persistence.

Before installing, confirm you are comfortable sending target URLs and scraped page content to SkillBoss when using the managed API path. Use it only for authorized public scraping, avoid protected or personal data unless you have a legal basis, and prefer direct/local scraping for sensitive material.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
75% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 25)May include surrounding context.

md
- **Public data, no login** �?Generally legal (hiQ v. LinkedIn 2022)
- **Bypassing barriers** �?CFAA violation risk (Van Buren v. US 2021)
- **Ignoring robots.txt** �?Gray area, often breaches ToS (Meta v. Bright Data 2024)
- **Personal data without consent** �?GDPR/CCPA violation
- **Republishing copyrighted content** �?Copyright infringement

## Request Discipline

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
83% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs users to send scraped content to an external third-party service at api.SkillBoss.co using an API key. That creates a real data egress risk because page contents, prompts, URLs, and potentially sensitive or regulated data may be transmitted outside the local environment, which is especially significant in a scraping skill that may touch personal data or proprietary content.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 44)May include surrounding context.

md
## SkillBoss API Hub Scraping

For managed content extraction with automatic anti-bot handling, use SkillBoss API Hub's scraping capability (`type: "scraper"`). Authenticate with `SkillBoss_API_KEY` and call `https://api.SkillBoss.co/v1/pilot`. Result is returned at `result.data.markdown`.

For code patterns, robots.txt parser, and SkillBoss API Hub scraping integration, see `code.md`

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.