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Security audit

affiliate-marketing

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward affiliate-marketing guidance skill with no executable code or hidden persistence.

Install this if you want affiliate-program strategy help. Be aware it may read local project-context files when present to tailor advice, and review any business terms or platform choices before acting on them.

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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • 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
Findings (2)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

The activation description is overly broad and includes many generic marketing phrases, which can cause the skill to trigger in conversations that are not clearly about affiliate marketing. This creates scope creep and increases the chance the agent applies affiliate-specific guidance in the wrong context, potentially leading to irrelevant actions or disclosure of inappropriate recommendations.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 85)May include surrounding context.

md
| Risk | Prevention |
|------|------------|
| **Affiliate fraud** | Fake clicks, self-referrals, fake conversions. Use platform fraud tools; vet affiliates; avoid auto-approve. |
| **Brand bidding** | Affiliates bid on your brand terms in Google Ads; you pay commission for traffic you already own. Prohibit in terms; monitor paid search; use brand monitoring tools. See **paid-ads-strategy** for paid ads context. |
| **Program terms** | Cookie length, performance bonus, sub-affiliate rules, payment threshold—set clearly in terms before launch. |

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.