Undeclared Tool Scope
Medium
- Category
- MCP Least Privilege
- Confidence
- 70% confidence
- Finding
Without declared permissions the skill's intent is opaque and cannot be validated.
- Content
Security audit
auction-research
Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk
Overview
This skill is a disclosed Bonhams auction research helper that sends read-only queries to Crawlora and does not show hidden persistence, privilege escalation, or destructive behavior.
Install only if you are comfortable sending Bonhams search terms and route parameters to Crawlora under your Crawlora API key. Avoid putting secrets or private client information in search queries, and revoke or rotate the API key if it is no longer needed.
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
Vulnerability Patterns
- Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
- Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
- MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
- Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
- Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (6)
External Transmission
Medium
- Category
- Data Exfiltration
- Confidence
- 88% confidence
- Finding
The skill instructs the agent to read an API key from the environment and send requests to an external third-party service. Even though this appears to be the intended functionality, it creates a real data egress boundary and trust dependency: prompts, search terms, and potentially sensitive user-supplied research data may be transmitted off-platform to Crawlora.
- Content
md - Get a Crawlora API key at [crawlora.net](https://crawlora.net?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crawlora-skills). - Set `CRAWLORA_API_KEY` in the environment before running the helper. - The helper reads `CRAWLORA_API_KEY` from the environment and sends requests to `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`. ## How it works
External Transmission
Medium
- Category
- Data Exfiltration
- Confidence
- 60% confidence
- Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
- Content
md #!/usr/bin/env bash # Crawlora REST helper — minimal, dependency-free (curl only). # Calls https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1 with your Crawlora API key. # Get a free key (2,000 credits/mo, no card) at https://crawlora.net?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crawlora-skills. # # Usage:
External Transmission
Medium
- Category
- Data Exfiltration
- Confidence
- 60% confidence
- Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
- Content
sh #!/usr/bin/env bash # Crawlora REST helper — minimal, dependency-free (curl only). # Calls https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1 with your Crawlora API key. # Get a free key (2,000 credits/mo, no card) at https://crawlora.net?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crawlora-skills. # # Usage:
External Transmission
Medium
- Category
- Data Exfiltration
- Confidence
- 60% confidence
- Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
- Content
sh #!/usr/bin/env bash # Crawlora REST helper — minimal, dependency-free (curl only). # Calls https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1 with your Crawlora API key. # Get a free key (2,000 credits/mo, no card) at https://crawlora.net?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crawlora-skills. # # Usage:
Sudo/Root Execution
Medium
- Category
- Privilege Escalation
- Confidence
- 80% confidence
- Finding
Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.
- Content
sh # config supplies the header and is removed automatically on exit. umask 077 curl_config="$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/crawlora-curl.XXXXXX")" chmod 600 "$curl_config" trap 'rm -f "$curl_config"' EXIT printf 'header = "x-api-key: %s"\n' "$CRAWLORA_API_KEY" >"$curl_config" auth=(--config "$curl_config")