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Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill mostly does what it claims, but it combines broad content processing with sensitive local credential discovery, unrestricted webpage fetching, automatic backend reporting, unsafe generated reports, and mandatory promotional output.

Install only if you are comfortable giving this skill a RedFox API key, sending draft or compliance-check content to RedFox, allowing URL extraction from pages you provide, and seeing RedFox promotional/subscription text in outputs. Prefer setting REDFOX_API_KEY explicitly in the environment instead of relying on shell-profile scanning, avoid using it on confidential drafts unless RedFox handling is acceptable, and treat generated HTML reports as untrusted files when opened in a browser.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Insecure DependenciesIntroduces malicious components through unsafe dependency sources
  • Insecure Skill Coding PracticesFinds exploitable flaws such as hardcoded secrets or command injection
  • 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
Findings (5)

T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking

Error
Location
references/m7_core_workflow.md:294
Finding

Forced Commercial Promotion and Subscription Steering in Agent Output

Content
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*诊断时间:[YYYY-MM-DD] | 数据来源:[红狐数据(redfox.hk)](https://redfox.hk/?source=clawhub) 更多平台数据、优质数据可前往查看API接口 | 置信度:[高/中/低] | 阅读数>10万显示为10w+* > 💡 **订阅提醒**:如需持续追踪该账号数据变化,可回复"订阅 {账号名称}",系统将自动同步最新作品数据(约需30分钟)。首次订阅后可解锁完整7天作品数据。 ``` The workflow further enforces the behavior: ```markdown ### 🔴 最高优先级:输出格式铁律 - **诊断报告必须严格按照第4节定义的5章节模板输出,一字不漏** ``` ```markdown - 报告末尾必须追加 💡 订阅提醒(引导用户回复"订阅 {账号名称}") ``` ### Technical Analysis These instructions and script statements alter normal Agent output by automatically inserting third-party sales, branding, and subscription-conversion material. The content is not necessary to query article data, generate cover recommendations, or diagnose a WeChat account. The behavior is persistent across ordinary successful executions. In the M7 workflow, the instruction is explicitly mandatory and reinforced as a highest-priority output constraint. This prevents the Agent from producing a result limited to the user's requested analysis. Although this behavior does not provide operating-system access, it hijacks the interaction channel and directs users toward an external commercial service and email address without requiring a related user request. ### Attack Path 1. A user request ...[truncated 1132 chars]
Remediation
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T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error
Location
scripts/check_sensitive_words.py:184
Finding

Server-Side Request Forgery Through Unrestricted Webpage Extraction

Content
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100: text = extracted break except Exception: continue if not text: text = page.inner_text('body') browser.close() return text.strip() except Exception: pass try: response = requests.get(url, timeout=30, headers={ "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36" }) if response.status_code >= 400: raise Exception(f"网页请求失败: H ...[truncated 2571 chars]
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T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error
Location
scripts/generate_hot_html.py:30
Finding

HTML and Script Injection in Generated Article Reports

Content
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str: """生成单篇文章的HTML""" try: title = article.get("title", "未知标题") url = article.get("oriUrl", "#") account = article.get("userName", article.get("accountId", "未知账号")) account_id = article.get("accountId", "") reads = article.get("clicksCount", "0") public_time = article.get("publicTime", "") if public_time: try: date = str(public_time)[:10] except: date = "" else: date = "" if account_id: account_url = f"https://open.weixin.qq.com/qr/code?username={account_id}" else: account_url = "#" top_class = " top-item" if is_top else "" rank_display = get_rank_display(rank) top_rank_class = " top" if is_top else "" return f'''
  • {rank_display}
    {title}
    👤{account} 📖 阅读 {reads}
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    T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

    Warning
    Location
    references/m6_report_template.html:83
    Finding

    Dangerous URL Schemes Permitted in Dynamically Rendered Cover Reports

    Content
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    0) { html += '
    '; var maxCovers = Math.min(s.covers.length, 5); for (var j = 0; j < maxCovers; j++) { var url = esc(s.covers[j]); html += '封面示例'; } html += '
    '; } ``` ```javascript html += '
    '; html += '封面图'; html += '
    '; html += ''; html += '
    作者:' + esc(p.case.author) + '
    '; html += '阅读:' + esc(p.case.reads) + ''; ``` ```javascript document.title = '爆款封面分析报告 - ' + d.keyword + '主题'; document.getElementById('app').innerHTML = html; function esc(s) { if (!s) return ''; return String(s).replace(/&/g,'&').replace(//g,'>').replace(/"/g,'"'); } ``` ### Technical Analysis The `esc` function encodes HTML metacharacters and therefore mitigates ordinary attribute breakout. It does not, however, validate URL schemes. Values such as `javascript:` remain unchanged and are inserted into anchor `href` attributes. The resulting HTML is assigned through `innerHTML`. A dangerous URL can therefore become an active link even though its quotation marks and angle brackets were escaped. Exploitation generally requires the user to click the malicious link. Image source fields should also be restricted because arbitrary remote image URLs cause browser requests to attacker-selected servers, exposing network metadata such as the user's IP addre ...[truncated 1071 chars]
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    T08 · Insecure Dependencies

    Warning
    Location
    scripts/generate_hot_html.py:132
    Finding

    Generated Reports Execute an Unpinned Remote JavaScript Dependency

    Content
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    ``` ### Technical Analysis Every generated M1 report contains a script reference to a third-party CDN. When the report is opened, the browser retrieves and executes the remote JavaScript in the report's context. The URL specifies a library version but does not use Subresource Integrity. A versioned path does not cryptographically guarantee the returned bytes. If the CDN, account, delivery path, DNS resolution, or upstream artifact is compromised, modified JavaScript can be served after the Skill itself has been audited. The report therefore has a runtime dependency on externally controlled executable content. This also creates an undeclared report-time network request. ### Attack Path 1. The Skill generates an article report containing the CDN script reference. 2. The user opens the generated report in a browser. 3. The browser requests `html2pdf.bundle.min.js` from the remote CDN. 4. A compromised CDN or delivery path returns modified JavaScript. 5. The browser executes that JavaScript with access to the report DOM. 6. The malicious script can read report contents, alter links, redirect the user, or make further network requests. ### Impact Assessment - **Browser privileges obtained:** JavaScript execution within every opened generated M1 report. - **System privileges obtained:** None directly. - **Potentially exposed data:** Report titles, article metadata, account information, and any other DOM-visible content. - **Affected scope:** Generated reports opened while network access is available. - **Trust boundary crossed:** Executable content outside the reviewed project is trusted at report-rendering time. ]]>
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    Vulnerability Patterns
    • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
    • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
    • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
    • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
    • Taint TrackingDirect Taint Flow, Variable-Mediated Taint Flow, Credential Exfiltration Chain
    Findings (72)

    Tainted flow: 'headers' from os.getenv (line 96, credential/environment) → requests.post (network output)

    Critical
    Category
    Data Flow
    Confidence
    90% confidence
    Finding

    Credentials or environment variables flow to a network sink. This is a high-confidence indicator of credential exfiltration.

    Content

    Scanner excerpt · scripts/check_sensitive_words.py (reported line 110)May include surrounding context.

    python
    last_error = None
        for attempt in range(max_retries + 1):
            try:
                response = requests.post(API_URL, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=30)
    
                if response.status_code >= 500 and attempt < max_retries:
                    import time
    

    Tainted flow: 'headers' from os.getenv (line 88, credential/environment) → requests.post (network output)

    Critical
    Category
    Data Flow
    Confidence
    90% confidence
    Finding

    Credentials or environment variables flow to a network sink. This is a high-confidence indicator of credential exfiltration.

    Content

    Scanner excerpt · scripts/fetch_explosive_covers.py (reported line 38)May include surrounding context.

    python
    print(f"[DEBUG] Body: {json_body}", file=sys.stderr)
    
        try:
            response = requests.post(base_url, json=json_body, headers=headers, timeout=30)
    
            if debug:
                print(f"[DEBUG] 状态码: {response.status_code}", file=sys.stderr)
    

    Tainted flow: 'headers' from os.environ.get (line 109, credential/environment) → requests.post (network output)

    Critical
    Category
    Data Flow
    Confidence
    90% confidence
    Finding

    Credentials or environment variables flow to a network sink. This is a high-confidence indicator of credential exfiltration.

    Content

    Scanner excerpt · scripts/fetch_gzh_trends.py (reported line 44)May include surrounding context.

    python
    print(f"Params: {json.dumps(params, ensure_ascii=False)}", file=sys.stderr)
    
        try:
            response = requests.post(base_url, headers=headers, json=params, timeout=60)
    
            if debug:
                print(f"状态码: {response.status_code}", file=sys.stderr)
    

    Tainted flow: 'headers' from os.environ.get (line 63, credential/environment) → requests.get (network output)

    Critical
    Category
    Data Flow
    Confidence
    90% confidence
    Finding

    Credentials or environment variables flow to a network sink. This is a high-confidence indicator of credential exfiltration.

    Content

    Scanner excerpt · scripts/fetch_official_account_trends.py (reported line 80)May include surrounding context.

    python
    print(f"Headers: {headers}", file=sys.stderr)
    
                # 发送请求
                response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=60)
    
                if debug:
                    print(f"状态码: {response.status_code}", file=sys.stderr)
    

    Tp4

    High
    Category
    MCP Tool Poisoning
    Confidence
    94% confidence
    Finding

    This mismatch specifically conceals security-relevant behavior: scanning shell configuration files for REDFOX_API_KEY is access to sensitive local credential sources that users may not expect from a content-creation skill. Hidden credential discovery increases the risk of inadvertent secret exposure and violates least surprise, especially when combined with networked modules.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Tp4

    High
    Category
    MCP Tool Poisoning
    Confidence
    98% confidence
    Finding

    This mismatch specifically conceals security-relevant behavior: scanning shell configuration files for REDFOX_API_KEY is access to sensitive local credential sources that users may not expect from a content-creation skill. Hidden credential discovery increases the risk of inadvertent secret exposure and violates least surprise, especially when combined with networked modules.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Tp4

    High
    Category
    MCP Tool Poisoning
    Confidence
    93% confidence
    Finding

    This mismatch specifically conceals security-relevant behavior: scanning shell configuration files for REDFOX_API_KEY is access to sensitive local credential sources that users may not expect from a content-creation skill. Hidden credential discovery increases the risk of inadvertent secret exposure and violates least surprise, especially when combined with networked modules.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Tp4

    High
    Category
    MCP Tool Poisoning
    Confidence
    95% confidence
    Finding

    This mismatch specifically conceals security-relevant behavior: scanning shell configuration files for REDFOX_API_KEY is access to sensitive local credential sources that users may not expect from a content-creation skill. Hidden credential discovery increases the risk of inadvertent secret exposure and violates least surprise, especially when combined with networked modules.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Tp4

    High
    Category
    MCP Tool Poisoning
    Confidence
    97% confidence
    Finding

    This mismatch specifically conceals security-relevant behavior: scanning shell configuration files for REDFOX_API_KEY is access to sensitive local credential sources that users may not expect from a content-creation skill. Hidden credential discovery increases the risk of inadvertent secret exposure and violates least surprise, especially when combined with networked modules.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Tp4

    High
    Category
    MCP Tool Poisoning
    Confidence
    93% confidence
    Finding

    This mismatch specifically conceals security-relevant behavior: scanning shell configuration files for REDFOX_API_KEY is access to sensitive local credential sources that users may not expect from a content-creation skill. Hidden credential discovery increases the risk of inadvertent secret exposure and violates least surprise, especially when combined with networked modules.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Tp4

    High
    Category
    MCP Tool Poisoning
    Confidence
    97% confidence
    Finding

    This mismatch specifically conceals security-relevant behavior: scanning shell configuration files for REDFOX_API_KEY is access to sensitive local credential sources that users may not expect from a content-creation skill. Hidden credential discovery increases the risk of inadvertent secret exposure and violates least surprise, especially when combined with networked modules.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Missing User Warnings

    High
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    98% confidence
    Finding

    The skill description does not clearly warn users that rewrite requests are automatically reported to a remote service. Because rewrite inputs can contain drafts, proprietary copy, customer data, or sensitive business content, silent transmission to a third party creates a direct confidentiality and privacy risk.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Ssd 3

    High
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    99% confidence
    Finding

    Automatically reporting user-provided rewrite content to a backend service is a direct data leakage risk because the original text may contain confidential, regulated, or unpublished information. In the context of a writing tool, users are especially likely to paste sensitive drafts or proprietary marketing content, making the risk more acute.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Ssd 3

    High
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    99% confidence
    Finding

    The workflow sends the user's original copy to a remote endpoint as a background action, creating an explicit exfiltration path for sensitive content. Because the reporting is described as non-blocking and hidden from the final output, users may never realize their data has been transmitted off-platform.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Missing User Warnings

    High
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    99% confidence
    Finding

    The workflow explicitly instructs that backend reporting occurs automatically and should not be shown to the user, which suppresses notice of external data transmission. Concealing network disclosure prevents informed consent and materially increases the risk of unnoticed leakage of confidential user-provided copy.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Vague Triggers

    Medium
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    92% confidence
    Finding

    The README says 'Describe what you need in plain language — no commands to memorize,' which implies very open-ended triggering without clearly constraining when this skill should be used versus ignored. Although examples are WeChat-specific, this line makes activation scope ambiguous and does not provide exclusion conditions or negative examples.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Vague Triggers

    Medium
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    93% confidence
    Finding

    The README directs users to invoke the skill with very broad natural-language requests such as writing articles, rewriting copy, scanning content, and diagnosing accounts, but it does not clearly constrain what sources, actions, or external processing are in scope. In an agent setting, vague trigger guidance can cause over-invocation, unintended handling of sensitive user content, or activation in contexts the user did not intend, especially because this skill processes arbitrary text and may send it to an external API service.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Undeclared Tool Scope

    Medium
    Category
    MCP Least Privilege
    Confidence
    95% confidence
    Finding

    The skill declares capabilities that include environment access, local file reads/writes, and network use, but does not define any explicit tool scope or permission boundary. In an agent setting, that omission increases the chance of over-broad execution and unauthorized access to local credentials or remote endpoints beyond what users reasonably expect.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Vague Triggers

    Medium
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    92% confidence
    Finding

    The manifest-style description lists trigger words such as "10w+", "爆文", and "账号诊断" alongside more specific phrases. Terms like "爆文" and especially "账号诊断" are broad enough to appear in ordinary discussion and may cause unintended invocation because the trigger scope and exclusions are not clearly constrained.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Missing User Warnings

    Medium
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    96% confidence
    Finding

    Automatically scanning shell profile files for API keys is sensitive local-resource access that is insufficiently disclosed. Those files may contain unrelated secrets, tokens, commands, or personal configuration, so silent inspection expands the trust boundary beyond what users would expect for this skill.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Natural-Language Policy Violations

    Medium
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    95% confidence
    Finding

    The file specifies "Language: 中文" as a fixed/default operating language. Under the policy, forcing a specific language without user opt-in is a natural-language policy violation unless the constraint is clearly justified or the user is given a choice.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Natural-Language Policy Violations

    Medium
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    93% confidence
    Finding

    The initialization text says "默认使用", which operationalizes the fixed language requirement for all responses. This reinforces a mandatory locale behavior without presenting an opt-in choice or clear region-specific justification.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Natural-Language Policy Violations

    Medium
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    96% confidence
    Finding

    The HTML document explicitly sets lang="zh-CN", indicating a fixed Simplified Chinese locale. Under the stated policy, forcing a specific language or locale without user opt-in or a clear documented regional justification is a natural-language policy violation.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Context-Inappropriate Capability

    Medium
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    97% confidence
    Finding

    The spec explicitly instructs the skill to retrieve an API key from local shell profile files such as ~/.zshrc or ~/.bash_profile when the environment variable is unset. That behavior expands the skill's access to unrelated sensitive local files and can expose credentials without clear user consent, which is especially risky in an agent context where file access may be broad or opaque.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Missing User Warnings

    Medium
    Category
    Not specified by scanner
    Confidence
    95% confidence
    Finding

    Documenting credential retrieval from shell profile files without any warning normalizes access to highly sensitive user configuration data and may lead the implementing agent to read files that commonly contain tokens, keys, and other secrets. In this skill's content-creation context, such access is unnecessary for core functionality, so the behavior is more dangerous because it is out of scope for the user task.

    Content

    No source excerpt is available for this finding.

    Static analysis

    No suspicious patterns detected.