@respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.2.11: AI-agent capability abuse

AI Security Review

scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

This is an explicit-user-command AI-agent configuration installer backed by a remote vendor payload, so it warrants a warning. Source inspection found no lifecycle hook or unconsented install-time mutation that would justify a block.

Static reason

No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

User runs the setup CLI with --install-config, --client, and --install-token.

Impact

Adds the Respira MCP server to an AI-client control surface; a token-authorized remote payload determines that server entry.

Mechanism

explicit remote MCP-config installation and usage telemetry

AI rationale

This is an explicit-user-command AI-agent configuration installer backed by a remote vendor payload, so it warrants a warning. Source inspection found no lifecycle hook or unconsented install-time mutation that would justify a block.

Evidence

package.jsondist/index.jsdist/setup.jsdist/install-skills.jsdist/usage-emitter.js.cursor/mcp.json~/.codex/config.toml~/.claude.json~/.antigravity/mcp.json

Network endpoints2

www.respira.press/api/mcp/config/export-by-token?token=www.respira.press/mcp-spend/track

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 93.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

Explicit --install-config fetches a remote configuration payload for an AI client.
The setup command merges and writes a named MCP-server entry into client configuration, including ~/.codex/config.toml.
Runtime telemetry sends bearer-authenticated usage batches to Respira.

Evidence against

package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
Client-config mutation is gated behind explicit --install-config plus client and token arguments.
Config merge targets only the supplied server name; no arbitrary file path is accepted.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 23 file(s), 960 KB of source, external domains: example.com, nodejs.org, registry.npmjs.org, respira.press, www.respira.press, yoursite.com

Source & flagged code

4 flagged

dist/server.jsView file

•Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior. dist/server.js: import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'; writeFileSync(STATE_FILE_PATH, JSON.stringify(next, null, 2), { encoding: 'utf8', mode: 0o600 }); Follow these on every site. They are what separates a great result from a frustrating one, and most are one extra step, not one extra tool. The Respira MCP is a single-person project actively under development. Real customers hit real bugs, and the fastest fix path is a structured report from the agent that watched it ... 5. **User says yes** → call \`respira_report_issue\` with a clear title (the symptom), brief (one paragraph of what happened), severity (blocker if the w

High

Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

dist/server.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.2.9 matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:8.2.9 similarity = 0.818 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

High

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

dist/server.jsView on unpkg

dist/install-skills.jsView file

•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. const bundled_skills_dir = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'skills'); const c = { reset: '\x1b[0m', bold: '\x1b[1m', dim: '\x1b[2m', red: '\x1b[31m', green: '\x1b[32m', yellow: '\x1b[33m', blue: '\x1b[34m', cyan: '\x1b[36m', }; function parseargs(argv) { const opts = { dest: path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude', 'skills'), force: false, help: false, }; for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) { const arg = argv[i]; if (arg === '--help' || arg === '-h') { opts.help = true; } else if (arg === '--force' || arg === '-f') { opts.force = true; } else if (

High

Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation

Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

dist/install-skills.jsView on unpkg

dist/setup.jsView file

639function getTargetConfigPath(client) { switch (client) { case 'cursor': return path.join(process.cwd(), '.cursor', 'mcp.json'); case 'codex': return path.join(os.homedir(), '.codex', 'config.toml'); case 'claude-code': return path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude.json'); case 'antigravity': return path.join(os.homedir(), '.antigravity', 'mcp.json'); } } async function fetchInstallConfig(client, installToken) { const endpoint = `${RESPIRA_WEBSITE_URL.replace(/\/$/, '')}/api/mcp/config/export-by-token?token=${

Medium

Ai Review Evidence

Explicit --install-config fetches a remote configuration payload for an AI client.

dist/setup.jsView on unpkg · L639

Source & flagged code

4 flagged · loading source

dist/server.jsView file

•Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior. dist/server.js: import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'; writeFileSync(STATE_FILE_PATH, JSON.stringify(next, null, 2), { encoding: 'utf8', mode: 0o600 }); Follow these on every site. They are what separates a great result from a frustrating one, and most are one extra step, not one extra tool. The Respira MCP is a single-person project actively under development. Real customers hit real bugs, and the fastest fix path is a structured report from the agent that watched it ... 5. **User says yes** → call \`respira_report_issue\` with a clear title (the symptom), brief (one paragraph of what happened), severity (blocker if the w

High

Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

dist/server.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.2.9 matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:8.2.9 similarity = 0.818 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

High

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

dist/server.jsView on unpkg

Findings

3 High3 Medium4 Low

HighEntrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwritedist/server.js

HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/install-skills.js

HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/server.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumAi Review Evidencedist/setup.js

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

@respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.2.11

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Decision evidence

Source & flagged code

Source & flagged code

Findings

Affected versions and remediation

Runtime surface

Behavioral surface

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