mcp-scraper@0.49.0
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MCP server for MCP Scraper web intelligence tools
AI Security Review
scanned 3mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource inspection confirms a real, user-invoked AI-agent configuration capability and broad web-intelligence behavior, but no concrete malicious or unconsented install-time chain. Warn under the explicit agent-config-mutation policy.
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` or starts the MCP/CLI service with configured credentials.
Impact
The explicit apply command changes the user's Claude MCP registration for mcp-scraper; runtime can access user-selected browser/service workflows.
Mechanism
Explicit MCP registration and authenticated web-scraping service calls.
AI rationale
Source inspection confirms a real, user-invoked AI-agent configuration capability and broad web-intelligence behavior, but no concrete malicious or unconsented install-time chain. Warn under the explicit agent-config-mutation policy.
Evidence
package.jsondist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.jsdist/bin/mcp-stdio-server.jsdist/index.cjs
Network endpoints2
mcpscraper.devregistry.npmjs.org/mcp-scraper/latest
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- dist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js: explicit `agent install claude --apply` runs Claude CLI to replace the user-scope mcp-scraper entry.
- dist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js: CLI reads API key and calls configurable hosted API endpoints.
- dist/index.cjs: optional MCP_MEMORY_INGEST_URL posts scraped output to a configured endpoint.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, postinstall, or uninstall hook; prepack is publish-time.
- Agent configuration mutation requires an explicit CLI subcommand plus --apply and an API key.
- The apply path only targets the named mcp-scraper Claude MCP entry and attempts rollback on failure.
- dist/bin/mcp-stdio-server.js only starts after explicit MCP/CLI invocation and requires a configured key.
- No eval/vm/dynamic payload loader or credential-harvesting chain found in inspected entrypoints.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
Source & flagged code
7 flaggeddist/chunk-ZSJHRZY5.jsView file
18import { dirname, join } from "path";
L19: import { execFile } from "child_process";
L20: function workflowOutputBaseDir(outputDir) {
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/chunk-ZSJHRZY5.jsView on unpkg · L18dist/server-JE7SLZLJ.jsView file
164computeIssues,
L165: createPrivateArtifact,
L166: isPrivateIpAddress,
...
L421: ctaHeadingItalic: "real data.",
L422: 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...
L423: sections: [
...
L684: 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...
L685: source: "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/openai-releases-gpt-5-5-instant-a-new-default-model-for-chatgpt/"
L686: }
...
L732: question: "what is the hallucination rate of Claude in 2026",
L733: answer: `<strong>Claude's hallucination rate in 2026 spans from 0% (Claude Opus
Low
Weak Crypto
Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.
dist/server-JE7SLZLJ.jsView on unpkg · L164Findings
7 High3 Medium7 Low
HighChild Processdist/chunk-ZSJHRZY5.js
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
HighBrowser Session Account Hijackdist/bin/api-server.cjs
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/bin/api-server.cjs
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/bin/mcp-stdio-server.cjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptodist/server-JE7SLZLJ.js
LowFilesystem
LowObfuscated
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to mcp-scraper@0.49.0.
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