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Security audit

SocQ Google Play Research

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed SocQ integration for collecting public Google Play data, with manageable supply-chain and API-key handling considerations.

Install only if you intend to send Google Play research requests and your SocQ API key to SocQ's hosted service. Prefer a pinned or preinstalled socq CLI instead of unversioned npx for repeatable execution, set spending limits on the API key, and confirm large or multi-endpoint paid runs before they start.

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 (4)

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding
npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding
Using `npx @socq/cli` without a pinned version allows retrieval of the latest package at runtime, which can change unexpectedly or be compromised upstream. In an agent skill context, this creates supply-chain risk because execution may install and run unreviewed code with access to the environment, including `SOCQ_API_KEY`.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
value: "socq"
      description: "Hosted SocQ Google Play data tools"
      transport: "streamable_http"
      url: "https://api.socq.ai/mcp?platforms=google-play"
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
value: "socq"
      description: "Hosted SocQ Google Play data tools"
      transport: "streamable_http"
      url: "https://api.socq.ai/mcp?platforms=google-play"
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Static analysis

Detected: suspicious.exposed_secret_literal

File appears to expose a hardcoded API secret or token.

Critical
Code
suspicious.exposed_secret_literal
Location
SKILL.md:32