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Security audit

抖音达人数据 SocialDataX 达人作品

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill supports read-only Douyin creator research with clearly disclosed credential setup and third-party software use.

Trust the SocialDataX service and CLI before supplying an API key, and prefer a reviewed, fixed package version. Keep credentials in supported secret storage and out of chat and version control. Set page or item limits to control usage costs. This review covered the complete bundled skill instructions; it could not verify the external CLI implementation or publisher identity.

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
  • 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 (5)

MCP server referenced without pinned version: 'npx -y socialdatax-skills'.

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

The user-posts command executes socialdatax-skills@latest through npx -y, automatically accepting a mutable package version rather than a reviewed release. A compromised or malicious future release could execute with the agent's permissions and access its API key and other accessible local data; the documented read-only API purpose does not restrict package execution.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

MCP server referenced without pinned version: 'npx -y socialdatax-skills'.

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

The profile-URL user-posts example also runs socialdatax-skills@latest with automatic npx confirmation, so the executed code can change without changes to the skill. Although this is a direct CLI rather than an MCP server, the supply-chain exposure is real: a compromised release could access the injected API key and act with the command process's permissions.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

MCP server referenced without pinned version: 'npx -y socialdatax-skills'.

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

The user-series command resolves the mutable @latest tag and runs the resulting package without an interactive installation check. A malicious package update could execute arbitrary code in the agent environment, including reading the API key; requesting read-only series data does not constrain that code.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

MCP server referenced without pinned version: 'npx -y socialdatax-skills'.

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

The profile-URL user-series example repeats the same unpinned execution path through npx -y socialdatax-skills@latest. This creates a supply-chain risk if the package or publishing account is compromised, with potential credential theft or unauthorized actions under the agent's permissions; there is no evidence here that such a compromise has occurred.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

MCP server referenced without pinned version: 'npx availability'.

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.