mcp-scraper@0.39.0
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MCP server for MCP Scraper web intelligence tools
AI Security Review
scanned 3mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource inspection found no lifecycle hook, stealth persistence, credential harvesting, or remote payload execution. The explicit agent registration remains a meaningful AI-agent capability risk under policy, but is not concrete malicious behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
User runs `mcp-scraper-cli agent install claude --apply` with an API key.
Impact
A user who runs the command grants an AI client this package's network-capable MCP tools.
Mechanism
Explicit Claude MCP registration and hosted scraping-tool access.
AI rationale
Source inspection found no lifecycle hook, stealth persistence, credential harvesting, or remote payload execution. The explicit agent registration remains a meaningful AI-agent capability risk under policy, but is not concrete malicious behavior.
Evidence
package.jsondist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.jsdist/bin/mcp-stdio-server.jsdist/index.cjsdist/server-BXNVNAMT.js
Network endpoints2
mcpscraper.devregistry.npmjs.org/mcp-scraper/latest
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- dist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js: explicit `agent install claude --apply` removes and re-adds an MCP server via the Claude CLI.
- That registration config launches `npx ... mcp-scraper` with an API key.
- dist/bin/mcp-stdio-server.js reads an API key and exposes hosted MCP/browser tools.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- Agent configuration mutation requires an explicit CLI command plus `--apply` and an API key.
- Child-process calls use fixed commands (`claude`, browser opener, yt-dlp, python3), not shell-evaluated input.
- Network access targets the package service or user-requested scraping/workflow operations.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsObfuscatedUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggeddist/server-BXNVNAMT.jsView file
28253patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 28253
matchedText = url.pass...D]";
Medium
Secret Pattern
Package contains a possible secret pattern.
dist/server-BXNVNAMT.jsView on unpkg · L2825366computeIssues,
L67: createPrivateArtifact,
L68: isPrivateIpAddress,
...
L302: ctaHeadingItalic: "real data.",
L303: 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...
L304: sections: [
...
L565: 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...
L566: source: "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/openai-releases-gpt-5-5-instant-a-new-default-model-for-chatgpt/"
L567: }
...
L613: question: "what is the hallucination rate of Claude in 2026",
L614: answer: `<strong>Claude's hallucination rate in 2026 spans from 0% (Claude Opus 4.
Low
Weak Crypto
Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.
dist/server-BXNVNAMT.jsView on unpkg · L66dist/bin/mcp-stdio-server.cjsView file
Findings
5 High4 Medium7 Low
HighChild Processdist/bin/mcp-stdio-server.cjs
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/bin/mcp-stdio-server.cjs
MediumSecret Patterndist/server-BXNVNAMT.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptodist/server-BXNVNAMT.js
LowFilesystem
LowObfuscated
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to mcp-scraper@0.39.0.
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