Security audit

Etsy Digital Sales

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is openly about Etsy store automation, but it asks for account credentials and plans live listing, renewal, and messaging actions without enough safety warnings or user controls.

Review this before installing or using it on a real Etsy shop. Only provide Etsy credentials through secure secret storage, avoid committing tokens to files, and require an explicit dry run or manual confirmation before any listing creation, renewal, messaging, or earnings/account access. Confirm the automation complies with Etsy policies and understand that listings and renewals may affect fees and account standing.

A.I.G

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

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 (3)

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Content: - `SKILL.md` — this file
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Missing User Warnings

Medium

Confidence: 94% confidence
Finding: The skill describes browser and API automation that will create listings, auto-renew listings, and send follow-up messages, but it does not clearly warn users that it will take live actions on their Etsy account. Without prominent disclosure and confirmation, users may unintentionally trigger account changes, fees, messaging activity, or policy violations, especially because Selenium automation can perform actions at scale.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

Confidence: 92% confidence
Finding: The skill instructs users to store Etsy API keys and OAuth tokens but does not warn that these are sensitive credentials that grant account access. If mishandled, leaked, or stored insecurely, an attacker could use them to access the Etsy account, create or modify listings, read business data, or perform other actions on the user's behalf.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.