Back to skill

Security audit

Smart Data Scraper

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill has no embedded code, but it promotes arbitrary always-on web scraping without clear limits or safeguards.

Install only if you intend to use it for websites and data sources you are authorized to access. Before running any scraper based on this skill, define target allowlists, rate limits, privacy handling, and compliance checks, especially because the artifact itself does not provide those guardrails.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (4)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The skill advertises extraction from 'any website' without narrowing scope, permission boundaries, or allowed use cases. That broad claim encourages indiscriminate scraping of arbitrary targets, which can lead to collection of sensitive data, ToS violations, or use against sites that should not be accessed automatically.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The skill promotes continuous automated scraping and API integration but provides no warning about legal, ethical, operational, or privacy risks. In context, 24/7 unattended operation increases the chance of abusive traffic, mass collection, account blocking, or accidental extraction of protected data.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The README presents the skill description only in Chinese, which can constitute a language/locale policy issue when no alternative language or user choice is offered. There is no indication that the skill is region-specific or intentionally limited to Chinese-speaking users.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The natural-language description and headings are entirely in Chinese, and the file does not indicate that this language choice is optional or limited to a specific region-specific use case. Under the language/locale policy, forcing a specific language without user opt-in can be a policy violation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.