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Tripadvisor Reviews API - Hotels, Restaurants, Attractions

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a clearly documented Tripadvisor data API helper that sends user-selected place queries to Scavio and has no hidden local execution or persistence behavior.

Before installing, understand that venue queries, Tripadvisor URLs or IDs, and your SCAVIO_API_KEY are sent to Scavio when the skill is used. Prefer the direct HTTPS examples if you do not want to install SDK packages, and install any SDK in an isolated environment if supply-chain risk matters for your workflow.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Insecure DependenciesIntroduces malicious components through unsafe dependency sources
  • 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
Findings (1)

T08 · Insecure Dependencies

Warning
Location
SKILL.md:238
Finding

Third-Party SDK Installation Without Integrity or Provenance Verification

Content
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Remediation
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SkillSpector

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 (5)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
70% 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 142)May include surrounding context.

md
HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}

# 1. ALWAYS START HERE - a name is not an id
places = requests.post(f"{BASE}/api/v1/tripadvisor/locations", headers=HEADERS,
    json={"query": "Austin, Texas"}).json()

geo = next(r for r in places["data"]["results"] if r["type"] == "GEO")

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
70% 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 148)May include surrounding context.

md
geo = next(r for r in places["data"]["results"] if r["type"] == "GEO")

# 2. Ranked restaurants in that geo
listing = requests.post(f"{BASE}/api/v1/tripadvisor/search", headers=HEADERS,
    json={"geo_id": geo["geo_id"], "category": "restaurants"}).json()

row = listing["data"]["results"][0]

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
70% 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 154)May include surrounding context.

md
row = listing["data"]["results"][0]

# 3. One venue in full - page 1 of its reviews comes along for free
venue = requests.post(f"{BASE}/api/v1/tripadvisor/location", headers=HEADERS,
    json={"location_id": row["location_id"], "geo_id": row["geo_id"],
          "category": "restaurants"}).json()

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
70% 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 159)May include surrounding context.

"category": "restaurants"}).json()

4. Page PAST that first page - keep category in step with the venue type

more = requests.post(f"{BASE}/api/v1/tripadvisor/reviews", headers=HEADERS, json={"location_id": row["location_id"], "geo_id": row["geo_id"], "category": "restaurants", "page": 2}).json()

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External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
70% 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 171)May include surrounding context.

"category": "restaurants"}).json()

4. Page PAST that first page - keep category in step with the venue type

more = requests.post(f"{BASE}/api/v1/tripadvisor/reviews", headers=HEADERS, json={"location_id": row["location_id"], "geo_id": row["geo_id"], "category": "restaurants", "page": 2}).json()

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