registry / AI-agent capability abuse / @respira/wordpress-mcp-server / 8.3.8

@respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.3.8

WordPress MCP server + companion plugin giving AI native access to page builder content, not just the REST API. 214 tools, 319 with WooCommerce, 17 page builders and the Site Editor. Element-level edits, full page creation, HTML to builder conversion, sna

AI Security Review

scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The package is not malicious by the inspected source, but its explicit remote configuration installer changes AI-agent configuration and merits a warning under the firewall policy. No unconsented lifecycle execution, broad configuration overwrite, remote code execution, or credential harvesting was found.

Static reason

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

Trigger

The user runs --install-config with a client and install token, or runs the configured MCP server with telemetry authentication available.

Impact

A trusted Respira endpoint can supply the installed server entry; telemetry reveals tool, site, version, and timing metadata but the source excludes prompts and WordPress content.

Mechanism

Explicit remote configuration installation and authenticated usage telemetry.

AI rationale

Evidence

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

Network endpoints2

www.respira.press/api/mcp/config/export-by-tokenwww.respira.press/mcp-spend/track

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

An explicit install command downloads a configuration payload and writes a Respira MCP entry into selected AI-client configuration files.
Runtime telemetry posts per-tool metadata to Respira with bearer authentication when configured.

Evidence against

package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
The agent configuration mutation requires --install-config, a selected client, and an install token.
Skill installation is an explicit command and defaults to preserving existing skills unless --force is supplied.
Telemetry documents an opt-out and says prompts, arguments, results, and WordPress content are excluded.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

Source & flagged code

6 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@8.3.7 matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:8.3.7 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

Lines 633-673javascript

633 const index = args.indexOf(flag);

634 if (index === -1 || index + 1 >= args.length) {

dist/usage-emitter.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1/**

2 * Per-tool-call usage emitter.

3 *

4 * Batches one record per MCP tool call and POSTs them to

5 * https://www.respira.press/mcp-spend/track so the customer's Cost &

6 * rates dashboard can attribute Claude Code AI spend per WP site and

7 * per tool (cross-joined to OTEL events server-side).

8 *

9 * Privacy: payloads carry only tool/site/version/timing metadata and a

10 * process-secret HMAC prepared by the server. Raw args, results, prompts,

Source & flagged code

6 flagged · loading source

dist/server.jsView file

High

Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite

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

dist/server.jsView on unpkg

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 High5 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

MediumAi Review Evidencedist/usage-emitter.js

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.3.8.

See all versions of @respira/wordpress-mcp-server for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.3.8 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-08-28 02:45:51.454Z (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