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Security audit

RedditGrow Free

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a prompt-only Reddit marketing toolkit with disclosed content-planning and engagement guidance, and it does not contain executable code or hidden privileged behavior.

Review generated Reddit posts and comments before publishing, disclose affiliations, obey subreddit rules, and do not use the templates for spam, harassment, vote manipulation, or deceptive promotion. The external Pro upgrade link is a purchase decision outside the prompt-only skill itself.

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
  • 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 (4)

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
75% 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 549)May include surrounding context.

md
| Type | % of Posts | Purpose | Examples |
|------|-----------|---------|---------|
| Pure Value | 30% | Build trust, give without asking | Tutorials, resources, lessons, tools roundups |
| Community Participation | 20% | Engage, not broadcast | Comments on others' posts, questions, polls |
| Story/Anecdotal | 20% | Humanize you, build connection | Lessons learned, failures, behind-the-scenes |
| Soft Product Mention | 15% | Plant seeds without selling | "We solved this problem with X" (no link) |

Intent-Code Divergence

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The document states it is the 'Free' version with '6 core agents' and later markets the Reddit Engagement Agent as part of the Pro offering, yet lines L771-L896 contain substantial Reddit Engagement Agent instructions and output format. This is an active contradiction between the file's labeling/packaging claims and the actual included content.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

At L816, the heading uses Chinese characters ("Industry News反应") inside otherwise English-only instructions, and the file provides no language or locale opt-in for users. This can violate a language consistency policy because the skill implicitly forces mixed-language output or terminology without documenting or offering a choice.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Skill Enumeration

Medium
Category
Agent Snooping
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, and secrets that should be invisible to peer skills.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 912)May include surrounding context.

text

**Option 2 — Manual:**
1. Copy this file to `~/.openclaw/skills/redditgrow-free/SKILL.md`
2. Restart OpenClaw

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.