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Security audit

Discord Shopping Deals

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This Discord shopping skill is not malicious, but its very broad chat triggers could make it post deal links in group chats without a clearly intentional request.

Install only if you are comfortable with the agent searching the web and posting shopping links in Discord. Prefer using it where the bot only responds to explicit commands or direct mentions, especially in group chats.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The metadata description instructs the skill to trigger on very common shopping phrases such as 'shop', 'find me a deal', and 'cheap [product]' in Discord chats. In a group-chat context, these broad triggers can cause unintended activation on ordinary conversation, leading the agent to perform external searches and post unsolicited buying recommendations or links where the user did not clearly invoke the skill.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The trigger section lists broad keywords like 'shop', 'deal', 'buy', 'price check', and 'cheapest' with only a weak 'Discord-only' constraint, which does not meaningfully prevent accidental matches in normal chat. Because the workflow automatically parses products and launches multiple parallel web searches, ambiguous triggering can amplify unnecessary tool use, spam channels, and expose users to externally sourced links without a clearly intentional request.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.