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StoryShort

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is a disclosed StoryShort API integration for creating and publishing media, with expected network calls and user-confirmation guidance for spending credits or posting content.

Install only if you are comfortable sending your prompts, scripts, media URLs, and StoryShort API key to StoryShort's API. Confirm credit costs before generation and manually approve any publish or schedule action because it can post to real connected social accounts.

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
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (3)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% 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 28)May include surrounding context.

bash
ss() { # usage: ss <tool_name> '<json_arguments>'
  local args="${2:-null}"; [ "$args" = "null" ] && args="{}"
  curl -s -X POST https://api.storyshort.ai/mcp \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $STORYSHORT_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
    -d "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"tools/call\",\"params\":{\"name\":\"$1\",\"arguments\":$args}}" \

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 28)May include surrounding context.

bash
ss() { # usage: ss <tool_name> '<json_arguments>'
  local args="${2:-null}"; [ "$args" = "null" ] && args="{}"
  curl -s -X POST https://api.storyshort.ai/mcp \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $STORYSHORT_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
    -d "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"tools/call\",\"params\":{\"name\":\"$1\",\"arguments\":$args}}" \

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 36)May include surrounding context.

bash
ss() { # usage: ss <tool_name> '<json_arguments>'
  local args="${2:-null}"; [ "$args" = "null" ] && args="{}"
  curl -s -X POST https://api.storyshort.ai/mcp \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $STORYSHORT_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
    -d "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"tools/call\",\"params\":{\"name\":\"$1\",\"arguments\":$args}}" \

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.