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Security audit

Research Paper Writer Pro

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a disclosed research-paper writing aid with no bundled executable code, persistence, credential access, or hidden security-impacting behavior.

Installers should treat this as a paper-drafting/template helper and specify the desired output language and citation style when using it. The referenced Python command is not included in the package, so expect the skill to function as instructions rather than as a runnable tool unless another component supplies that script.

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
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (3)

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The skill content is primarily written in Chinese and does not offer users a language choice or document a locale restriction. In a general-purpose research paper writing skill, this can cause unintended language steering, producing outputs in the wrong language and creating reliability, usability, and policy-compliance issues for users expecting English or multilingual support.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The trigger keywords are broad and include generic phrases like 'research paper', 'generate paper', and 'thesis writing', which can cause the skill to activate for ordinary writing-assistance requests outside the user's intent. This creates unintended invocation risk, where a high-scope content-generation skill may intercept unrelated prompts and produce misleading or undesired outputs.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
71% confidence
Finding

The manifest mixes a Chinese-only description with both Chinese and English trigger keywords, but it does not state whether users can choose their preferred output language. Because natural-language policy review applies to all file types, this can be a locale/language policy concern if the skill defaults language behavior without explicit user choice.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.