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Security audit

instagram-carousel-skill

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

Review recommended: draft images are uploaded before approval, and an optional connection method places an account API key in a URL.

Require local preview and explicit permission before uploading drafts to WoopSocial, especially for confidential screenshots. Use OAuth instead of the API-key-in-URL fallback. Check the account, caption and schedule before approving publication. The inspected artifacts support these control concerns, not the scanner's broad malicious assessment.

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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Output HandlingUnvalidated Output Injection, Cross-Context Output, Unbounded Output
  • Behavioral ASTexec() Call, eval() Call, Dynamic Import
  • YARA SignaturesMalware Match, Webshell Match, Cryptominer Match
Findings (10)

YARA rule 'agent_skill_mcp_tool_poisoning_metadata': MCP/tool metadata poisoning indicators in tool schemas or skill manifests [agent_skills]

High
Category
YARA Match
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

YARA rule matched a hack tool or exploit indicator (offensive tools, reconnaissance, privilege escalation, or exploit frameworks).

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/render_carousel.py (reported line 140)May include surrounding context.

python
return "#" + v.upper()


def mix(a, b, t):
    a, b = a.lstrip("#"), b.lstrip("#")
    ca = [int(a[i:i + 2], 16) for i in (0, 2, 4)]
    cb = [int(b[i:i + 2], 16) for i in (0, 2, 4)]
    return "#" + "".join(f"{round(x + (y - x) * t):02X}" for x, y in zip(ca, cb))


# ---------- rich text ----------

TOKEN = re.compile(r"(~~.+?~~|\*[^*]+?\*)")
EMOJI = re.compile("[\U0001F000-\U0001FAFF☀-➿️‍]")


def runs(text):
    """Split markup into words. Each word is a list of (text, accent, strike) pieces, so
    punctuation right after *accent* stays attached ("*twice*." renders as "twice.").
    A "\\n" word marks a line break."""
    text = str(text or "")
    if EMOJI.search(text):
        warn("emoji removed from slide text (the bundled fonts have no emoji); put emoji in the caption")
        text = re.sub(r" {2,}", " ", EMOJI.sub("", text)).strip()
    text = smart_quotes(text)
    out = []
    prev_tail_space = True
    for part in TOKEN.split(text):
        if not part:

Context Leakage

High
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Code or instructions that leak agent conversation context to external services, potentially exposing sensitive user interactions.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/upload_parts.py (reported line 2)May include surrounding context.

python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Upload one file to a WoopSocial media upload session (standard library only).

WoopSocial uploads work in three steps:
  1. The agent calls `media_uploads_create_session` with the projectId and the file size in bytes.

Skill declares no tool scope ('permissions' or 'allowed-tools') but code capabilities were detected: mcp, network, shell.

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Without declared permissions the skill's intent is opaque and cannot be validated.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Carousel slides are uploaded to WoopSocial before user approval, without warning that unpublished content will be transmitted.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The workflow uploads slide bytes to a third-party service before obtaining approval of the exact content. Approval before publication does not protect unpublished screenshots, client information or other sensitive draft material from this earlier disclosure, although an explicit user request authorizing uploads could mitigate the risk.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

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 · references/woopsocial.md (reported line 26)May include surrounding context.

md
|---|---|
| Claude (claude.ai, Desktop, Cowork) | Add WoopSocial from the [Claude directory](https://claude.ai/directory/woopsocial), click Connect and sign in |
| Cursor | Install from [cursor.directory](https://cursor.directory/plugins/woopsocial-social-media-scheduler) and sign in |
| Claude Code | `claude mcp add --transport http woopsocial "https://api.woopsocial.com/mcp"`, then `/mcp`, select woopsocial, Authenticate |
| Codex | `codex mcp add woopsocial --url https://api.woopsocial.com/mcp`, then `codex mcp login woopsocial` |
| OpenClaw | Install the [WoopSocial skill on ClawHub](https://clawhub.ai/woopsocial/skills/social-media-scheduler), or add the MCP URL to the agent's MCP config |
| Agents without sign-in support | Create an API key at [app.woopsocial.com/api-access](https://app.woopsocial.com/api-access) and use `https://api.woopsocial.com/mcp?api_key=%2A%2A%2A |

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 · references/woopsocial.md (reported line 27)May include surrounding context.

md
| Claude (claude.ai, Desktop, Cowork) | Add WoopSocial from the [Claude directory](https://claude.ai/directory/woopsocial), click Connect and sign in |
| Cursor | Install from [cursor.directory](https://cursor.directory/plugins/woopsocial-social-media-scheduler) and sign in |
| Claude Code | `claude mcp add --transport http woopsocial "https://api.woopsocial.com/mcp"`, then `/mcp`, select woopsocial, Authenticate |
| Codex | `codex mcp add woopsocial --url https://api.woopsocial.com/mcp`, then `codex mcp login woopsocial` |
| OpenClaw | Install the [WoopSocial skill on ClawHub](https://clawhub.ai/woopsocial/skills/social-media-scheduler), or add the MCP URL to the agent's MCP config |
| Agents without sign-in support | Create an API key at [app.woopsocial.com/api-access](https://app.woopsocial.com/api-access) and use `https://api.woopsocial.com/mcp?api_key=%2A%2A%2A |

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The fallback instructs users to place an API key in a URL query parameter. Such URLs can be captured in client configuration, diagnostic output and intermediary access logs, potentially exposing a credential that authorizes social-account operations; the warning against sharing keys does not prevent these exposures.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/woopsocial.md (reported line 29)May include surrounding context.

md
| Claude Code | `claude mcp add --transport http woopsocial "https://api.woopsocial.com/mcp"`, then `/mcp`, select woopsocial, Authenticate |
| Codex | `codex mcp add woopsocial --url https://api.woopsocial.com/mcp`, then `codex mcp login woopsocial` |
| OpenClaw | Install the [WoopSocial skill on ClawHub](https://clawhub.ai/woopsocial/skills/social-media-scheduler), or add the MCP URL to the agent's MCP config |
| Agents without sign-in support | Create an API key at [app.woopsocial.com/api-access](https://app.woopsocial.com/api-access) and use `https://api.woopsocial.com/mcp?api_key=%2A%2A%2A |

The API key is a password: never paste it into shared chats or commit it.

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 · references/woopsocial.md (reported line 38)May include surrounding context.

md
returns a link; the user opens it, approves, and tells you when they're done. Confirm with
`social_accounts_list`. Repeat per platform.

Find IDs yourself with `projects_list` and `social_accounts_list`; never ask the user to paste
IDs.

## 3. Upload the slides

subprocess module call

Medium
Category
Dangerous Code Execution
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

subprocess module calls execute external commands. Without careful input validation, this enables command injection.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/render_carousel.py (reported line 96)May include surrounding context.

python
urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, path)
    except Exception:
        if shutil.which("curl"):
            subprocess.run(["curl", "-sfL", url, "-o", path], check=False)
    if not os.path.exists(path) or os.path.getsize(path) < 10000:
        sys.exit(f"Font {name} missing and could not be downloaded from {url}")
    return path

subprocess module call

Medium
Category
Dangerous Code Execution
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

subprocess module calls execute external commands. Without careful input validation, this enables command injection.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/upload_parts.py (reported line 28)May include surrounding context.

python
def put_with_curl(url, chunk):
    """Fallback for Python builds without system certificates (common on macOS)."""
    result = subprocess.run(
        ["curl", "-fsS", "-X", "PUT", "-H", "Content-Type: application/octet-stream",
         "--data-binary", "@-", "-o", os.devnull, "-w", "%{http_code}", url],
        input=chunk, capture_output=True, timeout=300)