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Keyword Research from Search Console - SEOmatic

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This SEO keyword-research skill is purpose-aligned and disclosed, with user approval required before any site changes go live.

Install this only if you intend to connect SEOmatic to your site data. Review the OAuth/API-key permissions and any paid-credit usage, and only approve staged SEOmatic tasks when you want those specific site changes to run.

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 (1)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

Line L003 says to use the skill when the user asks for "keyword research, keyword ideas, what to write about, search volume, or a keyword strategy." Phrases like "what to write about" and "keyword ideas" are broad and could match everyday content-planning requests without clearly limiting when this skill should or should not activate.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.