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@respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.4.8

WordPress MCP server + companion plugin giving AI native access to page builder content, not just the REST API. 244 tools, 348 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 package has no npm lifecycle hook in its manifest, and the agent configuration and skills writes are behind explicit commands. These are concrete agent configuration capabilities, so warn without blocking; inspected source does not establish malicious behavior.

Static reason

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

Trigger

Run the setup command with --install-config, a client, and an install token, or run the separate skills installer command.

Impact

The commands can change agent configuration or add skills after invocation. Source inspection did not establish unconsented changes, credential theft, or a concrete attack.

Mechanism

Setup fetches configuration from the Respira website and merges the named server entry into a supported client configuration. The skills command copies bundled files to its selected destination.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/setup.jsdist/install-skills.js

Network endpoints1

www.respira.press

Decision evidence

public snapshot

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

Evidence for warning

The manifest exposes setup and skills installation as commands and defines no install lifecycle hook in its scripts.
The skills command accepts an explicit destination and copies bundled skills when run.
Agent configuration is fetched and written only through the setup command’s explicit --install-config path, which requires a client and install token.
Setup writes a package-named MCP server entry to a client configuration file.

Evidence against

The server entrypoint serves MCP over standard input and output.
The configuration diagnostic checks WordPress credential environment variables and reports configuration precedence.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

Source & flagged code

6 flagged

dist/install-skills.jsView file

Lines 17-57javascript

17 */

18import * as fs from 'fs';

19import * as path from 'path';

20import * as os from 'os';

21import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';

22const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);

23const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);

24// Resolve the bundled skills directory relative to the compiled JS.

25// dist/install-skills.js -> ../skills (sibling to dist/ inside the package)

26const BUNDLED_SKILLS_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'skills');

27const c = {

28 reset: '\x1b[0m',

29 bold: '\x1b[1m',

30 dim: '\x1b[2m',

31 red: '\x1b[31m',

32 green: '\x1b[32m',

33 yellow: '\x1b[33m',

34 blue: '\x1b[34m',

35 cyan: '\x1b[36m',

36};

37function parseArgs(argv) {

38 const opts = {

39 dest: path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude', 'skills'),

40 force: false,

41 help: false,

42 };

43 for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {

Medium

Ai Review Evidence

The skills command accepts an explicit destination and copies bundled skills when run.

dist/install-skills.jsView on unpkg · L37

44 const arg = argv[i];

45 if (arg === '--help' || arg === '-h') {

46 opts.help = true;

47 }

48 else if (arg === '--force' || arg === '-f') {

49 opts.force = true;

50 }

51 else if (arg === '--dest' || arg === '-d') {

52 const next = argv[i + 1];

53 if (!next || next.startsWith('-')) {

54 console.error(`${c.red}error:${c.reset} --dest requires a path argument`);

55 process.exit(2);

56 }

57 opts.dest = path.resolve(next);

Lines 131-171javascript

131 }

132 else {

133 copyFile(srcPath, dstPath);

134 }

135 }

136 return exists ? 'updated' : 'installed';

137}

138function

•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/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 = 0.875 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

Lines 8-48json

8 "wordpress-mcp-server": "./dist/index.js",

9 "respira-wordpress-mcp": "./dist/index.js",

10 "respira-setup": "./dist/setup.js",

11 "respira-install-skills": "./dist/install-skills.js"

12 },

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

37function parseArgs(argv) { const opts = { dest: path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude', 'skills'), force: false, help: false, }; for (let i = 0; i < argv.

Medium

Ai Review Evidence

The skills command accepts an explicit destination and copies bundled skills when run.

dist/install-skills.jsView on unpkg · L37

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

MediumSuspicious Lifecycle 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@8.4.8.

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

Review the evidence and your use of @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.4.8 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: 2026-10-11 04:18:49.831Z (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