Lp1
High
- Category
- MCP Least Privilege
- Confidence
- 75% confidence
- Finding
The skill uses 'shell' capability that is not listed in its permissions. This may indicate deceptive intent or missing permission declarations.
- Content
Security audit
reddit-research
Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk
Overview
This skill is a disclosed Reddit research helper that sends user-requested public Reddit queries to Crawlora and does not show hidden persistence, privilege escalation, or unrelated data access.
Install only if you are comfortable sending Reddit search terms, usernames, subreddit names, domains, post IDs, and your Crawlora API key to Crawlora over HTTPS. Do not use it for confidential investigations, private personal data, or high-impact profiling decisions.
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 (7)
Missing User Warnings
Medium
- Category
- Not specified by scanner
- Confidence
- 92% confidence
- Finding
The document explicitly instructs callers to send Reddit query parameters, target identifiers, and an API key to a third-party service, but it does not clearly warn users that their searches and researched accounts/posts are being transmitted off-platform. In a research skill, those queries may contain sensitive investigative interests, customer targets, or usernames, so the omission creates a real privacy and data-handling risk even if the data source is public Reddit.
- Content
External Transmission
Medium
- Category
- Data Exfiltration
- Confidence
- 88% confidence
- Finding
The file directs the skill to make outbound requests to api.crawlora.net using an API key, which is a genuine external data transmission path. In context this is expected functionality rather than overtly malicious behavior, but it still exposes user-supplied search terms, usernames, domains, and other research targets to a third party, creating privacy, compliance, and possible key-exposure concerns if not transparently controlled.
- Content
md Endpoints this skill uses, grouped by platform. Call them via `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see SKILL.md). All paths are relative to the API base `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1` and require the header `x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY`. Path params like `{id}` are substituted into the URL; `GET` params go in the query string; `POST` params go in a JSON body. **12 endpoints across 1 platform group(s).**
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")