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mcp-scraper@0.29.1
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MCP server for MCP Scraper web intelligence tools
Static Scan Results
scanned 4mo ago · by rust-scannerStatic analysis flagged 17 finding(s) at 86.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Decision evidence
public snapshotBehavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsObfuscatedUrlStrings
NoLicense
Oversized source lightweight scan
dist/bin/api-server.cjs2.39 MB file, sampled 256 KB
FilesystemNetworkEnvironmentVarsHighEntropyStringsUrlStringschatgptguide.ai
Source & flagged code
7 flaggeddist/server-F3I77L26.jsView file
•Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> dist/bin/api-server.js -> dist/server-F3I77L26.js
Reachable file contains a blocking source-risk pattern.
Critical
Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.
dist/server-F3I77L26.jsView on unpkg21762patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 21762
matchedText = url.pass...D]";
Medium
Secret Pattern
Package contains a possible secret pattern.
dist/server-F3I77L26.jsView on unpkg · L21762240ctaHeadingItalic: "real data.",
L241: ctaBody: "MCP Scraper gives your AI workflows the web intelligence they need \u2014 SERP data, People Also Ask harvests, page extraction, YouTube transcripts, and more. All via API...
L242: sections: [
...
L503: answer: `<strong>ChatGPT makes things up because its RLHF training consistently rewarded fluent, complete-sounding answers \u2014 and human raters often cannot tell in the moment w...
L504: source: "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/openai-releases-gpt-5-5-instant-a-new-default-model-for-chatgpt/"
L505: }
...
L551: question: "what is the hallucination rate of Claude in 2026",
L552: answer: `<strong>Claude's hallucination rate in 2026 spans from 0% (Claude Opus 4.1 on AA-Omniscience, via refusal) to 58% (Claude Opus 4.5 on the same benchma
Findings
2 Critical4 High4 Medium7 Low
CriticalTrojan Source Unicodedist/bin/api-server.cjs
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/server-F3I77L26.js
HighChild Processdist/chunk-KAMKTSJQ.js
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
MediumSecret Patterndist/server-F3I77L26.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptodist/server-F3I77L26.js
LowFilesystem
LowObfuscated
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to mcp-scraper@0.29.1.
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