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@respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.3.31

WordPress MCP server + companion plugin giving AI native access to page builder content, not just the REST API. 231 tools, 335 with WooCommerce, 17 page builders and the Site Editor. Element-level edits, full page creation, HTML to builder conversion, sna

AI Security Review

scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The explicit skill-install command performs a real change to an AI assistant's extension directory, so this is a guarded package-owned agent capability warranting a warning. The inspected source does not show unconsented lifecycle mutation or a concrete malicious chain.

Static reason

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

Trigger

A user invokes the respira-install-skills command.

Impact

The installed skills become available to the assistant and can influence later sessions when invoked.

Mechanism

The command copies bundled skill files to the default Claude skills directory or a user-selected destination, skipping existing skills unless --force is supplied.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/install-skills.jsdist/setup.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 89.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The manifest exposes a dedicated install-skills command that runs dist/install-skills.js.
The command defaults to the user's Claude skills directory and accepts an explicit destination.
When invoked, the command copies bundled skill files into the destination; existing skills are skipped unless --force is set.
Setup configuration installation requires an explicit flag, supported client, and install token.
The config.js target describes configuration precedence in a comment, not a write operation.
The server identifies itself as a WordPress MCP server for AI coding assistants.

Evidence against

The inspected agent-skill installation is a separately invoked command, not an npm lifecycle hook.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings

Source & flagged code

6 flagged

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

39'.claude', 'skills'), force: false, help: false, }; for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) { const arg = argv[i]; if (arg === '--help' || arg

Medium

Ai Review Evidence

The command defaults to the user's Claude skills directory and accepts an explicit destination.

dist/install-skills.jsView on unpkg · L39

109function copyFile(src, dest) { const data = fs.readFileSync(src); fs.writeFileSync(dest, data); } function copySkill(slug, srcDir, destRoot, force) { const destDir = path.join(destRoot, slug); const destFile = path

Medium

Ai Review Evidence

When invoked, the command copies bundled skill files into the destination; existing skills are skipped unless --force is set.

dist/install-skills.jsView on unpkg · L109

dist/config.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 2

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

dist/config.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/server.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.3.24 matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:8.3.24 similarity = 0.917 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

package.jsonView file

6"main": "dist/index.js", "bin": { "wordpress-mcp-server": "./dist/index.js", "respira-wordpress-mcp": "./dist/index.js", "respira-setup": "./dist/setup.js", "respira-install-skills": "./dist/install-skills.js" }, "files": [ "dist/**/*", "certs/**/*", "skills/**/*"

Medium

Ai Review Evidence

The manifest exposes a dedicated install-skills command that runs dist/install-skills.js.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L6

Source & flagged code

6 flagged · loading source

dist/install-skills.jsView file

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

39'.claude', 'skills'), force: false, help: false, }; for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) { const arg = argv[i]; if (arg === '--help' || arg

Medium

Ai Review Evidence

The command defaults to the user's Claude skills directory and accepts an explicit destination.

dist/install-skills.jsView on unpkg · L39

Findings

3 High5 Medium4 Low

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

HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/config.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/server.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumAi Review Evidencepackage.json

MediumAi Review Evidencedist/install-skills.js

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.3.31.

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Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-11 04:16:07.832Z (UTC).

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Decision evidence

Source & flagged code

Source & flagged code

Findings

Affected versions and remediation

Runtime surface

Behavioral surface

Source & flagged code