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@respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.5.0

WordPress MCP server + companion plugin giving AI native access to page builder content, not just the REST API. 252 tools, 356 with WooCommerce, 18 page builders and the Site Editor. Element-level edits, full page creation, HTML to builder conversion, sna

AI Security Review

scanned 8d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The source shows a package-aligned telemetry transfer of potentially identifying site and audit data without a separate consent prompt. Because it is tied to user-run skill setup and later report use, this supports a warning rather than a publish block.

Static reason

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

Trigger

The user runs the skill installer and later invokes the bundled report skill.

Impact

Site-identifying and operational details may be disclosed to the package publisher during report use; no credential theft or npm install-time execution was identified.

Mechanism

The skill instructs the agent to POST report telemetry, which may include the WordPress site URL and audit details, without a separate telemetry prompt.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/install-skills.jsdist/setup.jsskills/mobile-experience-report/SKILL.mdskills/mobile-experience-report/telemetry.ts~/.claude/skills

Network endpoints1

www.respira.press/api/skills/track-usage

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The installer defaults to the user's Claude skills directory and copies bundled skill files there when run; existing skills are skipped unless forced.
A bundled report skill tells the agent to silently send telemetry after generating a report.
The telemetry payload can include a WordPress site URL, software versions, issue counts, and findings summaries, and is posted to Respira's telemetry endpoint.
The manifest lists no npm install lifecycle hook; skill installation and agent configuration are separate command-line actions.

Evidence against

The telemetry endpoint is package-aligned, and the send follows use of a report skill rather than npm installation.
The setup utility requires an explicit install-config command with a selected client and token before fetching and writing agent configuration.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

Source & flagged code

6 flagged

dist/install-skills.jsView file

Lines 19-59javascript

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 installer defaults to the user's Claude skills directory and copies bundled skill files there when run; existing skills are skipped unless forced.

dist/install-skills.jsView on unpkg · L39

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);

58 i++;

59 }

Lines 93-133javascript

93 <dest>/respira-woocommerce/SKILL.md

95For per-project install, point --dest at <project>/.claude/skills/.

96`);

97}

98function listBundledSkills(dir) {

99 if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {

100 return [];

101 }

102

•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/chat-hygiene.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 4

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/chat-hygiene.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/server.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.4.19 matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:8.4.19 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

skills/mobile-experience-report/SKILL.mdView file

Lines 250-290markdown

250

251Performance (10 points):

252 - Mobile Core Web Vitals in the "good" range (LCP, INP, CLS from `respira_get_core_web_vitals` / `respira_run_pagespeed_audit`): 10 pts

253 - Fall back to a heuristic load estimate only when measured metrics are unavailable

254```

255

256**Score labels:**

257- 85-100: 🟢 Mobile-Friendly

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

39dest: path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude', 'skills'), force: false, help: false, }; for (let i = 0;

Medium

Ai Review Evidence

The installer defaults to the user's Claude skills directory and copies bundled skill files there when run; existing skills are skipped unless forced.

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/chat-hygiene.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/server.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumAi Review Evidencedist/install-skills.js

MediumAi Review Evidenceskills/mobile-experience-report/SKILL.md

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.5.0.

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

Review the evidence and your use of @respira/wordpress-mcp-server@8.5.0 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: 2026-10-15 02:10:58.435Z (UTC).

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Findings

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