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ISBN图书书号查询 - ISBN Book Number Query

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward ISBN/book lookup skill that uses JisuAPI with a user-provided API key and does not show hidden persistence, destructive behavior, or unrelated data access.

Install only if you are comfortable sending ISBNs, book search terms, and your JISU_API_KEY to JisuAPI. Keep the API key scoped to this use, avoid sensitive search terms, and treat returned cover or seller links as external content before opening or rendering them automatically.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
Findings (9)

Tp2

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Mixing characters from multiple Unicode scripts in a single identifier is a common technique to create visually ambiguous tool names.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

The skill metadata declares environment-variable use and an external API dependency, but the manifest does not explicitly scope or declare allowed tools/permissions. This can lead to over-broad execution in agent frameworks, where network access and secret exposure are not transparently constrained or reviewed.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The trigger description is broad enough that the skill may activate on loosely related user requests about books or ISBN-like queries. In an agent environment, ambiguous activation can cause unintended external API calls and unnecessary transmission of user-supplied content to a third party.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 86)May include surrounding context.

ISBN 查询返回(简化)

脚本直接输出接口 result 字段,结构与官网示例一致(参考 https://api.jisuapi.com/api/isbn/):

json
{

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 132)May include surrounding context.

ISBN 查询返回(简化)

脚本直接输出接口 result 字段,结构与官网示例一致(参考 https://api.jisuapi.com/api/isbn/):

json
{

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
81% confidence
Finding

The example response includes an insecure HTTP resource URL for the book cover image. If clients later fetch or render this URL automatically, it could permit interception or content tampering via man-in-the-middle attacks, especially on untrusted networks.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 92)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "title": "有理想就有疼痛",
  "subtitle": "中国当代文化名人访谈录",
  "pic": "http://api.jisuapi.com/isbn/upload/96/033c435b3f0f30.jpg",
  "author": "高晓春",
  "summary": "……",
  "publisher": "安徽人民出版社",

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
84% confidence
Finding

This skill sends user-supplied ISBN values and the API key to a third-party service over the network. While that is core to the skill's purpose and appears non-malicious, it creates an external data-sharing boundary and dependency on a remote provider, which can expose user queries and secrets to the vendor and can leak upstream error content back to callers.

Content

Scanner excerpt · isbn.py (reported line 14)May include surrounding context.

python
import requests


ISBN_QUERY_URL = "https://api.jisuapi.com/isbn/query"
ISBN_SEARCH_URL = "https://api.jisuapi.com/isbn/search"

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
84% confidence
Finding

This endpoint performs keyword-based book searches by transmitting user input and credentials to an external API. In the skill context this is expected behavior, but it still expands the exposure surface to a third party and may disclose user interests/search terms, while remote responses and error bodies are passed through with limited sanitization.

Content

Scanner excerpt · isbn.py (reported line 15)May include surrounding context.

python
ISBN_QUERY_URL = "https://api.jisuapi.com/isbn/query"
ISBN_SEARCH_URL = "https://api.jisuapi.com/isbn/search"


def query_isbn(appkey: str, req: dict):

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
89% confidence
Finding

This code file contains user-facing natural-language documentation in Chinese in the module and function docstrings, but it does not indicate that the skill is region-specific or provide an opt-in language choice. Under the policy rule, forcing a specific language or locale without user opt-in can be a natural-language policy violation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.