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SEO Audit with Search Console Data - SEOmatic

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a coherent SEO audit skill that uses a disclosed SEOmatic MCP connector to read site and Search Console data and only stage changes for user approval.

Install this only if you intend to connect SEOmatic to your site's SEO data. Review the OAuth or API-key scopes before connecting, and expect the skill to read Search Console and crawl-derived site data; live fixes should still require your approval.

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
94% confidence
Finding

The description says to use the skill when the user asks for an SEO audit, 'how is my site doing', or 'a health check'. The latter two phrases are broad and could match general conversation outside a clear SEO-audit intent, increasing the chance of unintended invocation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
80% 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 40)May include surrounding context.

md
> SEOmatic is the SEO agent that works from your real Google Search Console data and makes the fixes on your site. Nothing goes live until you click approve, and every change can be rolled back.

All reads below are FREE (each tool's description confirms). Never ask the
user for their domain - every tool is already scoped to the connected
workspace.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.