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Core Researcher

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a simple academic research helper that uses the disclosed CORE API and does not include hidden code, persistence, or unrelated access.

Installers should be comfortable sending academic search queries and a CORE API key to CORE. Avoid placing unpublished sensitive research details, secrets, or private participant data into queries, and independently verify citations and paper metadata before relying on generated academic writing.

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
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
| `GET` | `works/{id}` | Get single work by CORE ID |
| `GET` | `search/sources?q={query}&limit={n}` | Search journals/publishers |

**Base URL**: `https://api.core.ac.uk/v3/`  
**Response format**: JSON (`application/json`)  
**Pagination**: Use `limit` (max 100) and `offset` parameters.
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.