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Security audit

OpenClaw SEO Content Writer

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a transparent SEO publishing workflow skill that can deploy blog content and submit URLs to Google Search Console, but those capabilities are disclosed and aligned with its purpose.

Install this only for a site where you intend the agent to help publish content, trigger production deploys, and submit URLs to Google Search Console. Configure credentials with least privilege and ask the agent to pause for confirmation before source publishing, deployment, or GSC submission if you want an extra approval gate.

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
  • 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 (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly guides users through source publishing, production deployment, live verification, and Google Search Console submission, but it does not present a clear upfront warning that following the workflow can modify live site content and trigger external actions. This increases the chance of accidental publication or indexing requests being executed without adequate user awareness or confirmation, especially because the workflow frames these actions as routine steps in a production lane.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

This markdown file instructs the skill to build and deploy production output and to write multiple receipts, which implies changes to live systems and file creation. The description does not include any warning about production impact, irreversible changes, or file-writing behavior.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.