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mcp-scraper@0.63.1
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MCP server for MCP Scraper web intelligence tools
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe suspicious primitives are disclosed, package-aligned MCP/browser functionality triggered by explicit runtime use. Direct inspection found no install-time execution or concrete malicious chain.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Running mcp-scraper as an MCP stdio server and invoking its registered tools.
Impact
The service receives the API key and requested tool data; browser login persistence requires a user-operated fresh login flow.
Mechanism
authenticated MCP requests and explicit hosted-browser profile setup
AI rationale
The suspicious primitives are disclosed, package-aligned MCP/browser functionality triggered by explicit runtime use. Direct inspection found no install-time execution or concrete malicious chain.
Evidence
package.jsondist/bin/mcp-stdio-server.jsdist/chunk-BWSGR75I.jsdist/server-KPB4NXGE.js~/.mcp-scraper-key
Network endpoints1
mcpscraper.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 90.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The stdio runtime reads a configured API key and defaults its service URL to mcpscraper.dev.
- Browser-profile login is an explicit MCP tool; its description requires the user to sign in freshly and says existing cookies are not imported.
- Observed subprocess use is fixed-command execution for bundled Python utilities or user-requested yt-dlp downloads.
Evidence against
- package.json has bin entrypoints but no preinstall, install, postinstall, or prepare lifecycle hook.
- No source evidence of credential harvesting, covert exfiltration, foreign AI-agent config mutation, or remote payload execution was found.
- Network and filesystem behavior is feature-aligned and activated by running the MCP server or its tools.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
10 flaggeddist/server-KPB4NXGE.jsView file
9003// src/services/site-architecture-auditor/python/graph-runner.ts
L9004: import * as childProcess from "child_process";
L9005: import * as path from "path";
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/server-KPB4NXGE.jsView on unpkg · L9003181computeIssues,
L182: isPrivateIpAddress,
L183: validatePublicHttpUrl
...
L450: ctaHeadingItalic: "real data.",
L451: 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...
L452: sections: [
...
L713: 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...
L714: source: "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/openai-releases-gpt-5-5-instant-a-new-default-model-for-chatgpt/"
L715: }
...
L761: question: "what is the hallucination rate of Claude in 2026",
L762: answer: `<strong>Claude's hallucination rate in 2026 spans from 0% (Claude Opus
High
Browser Session Account Hijack
Browser source reuses an authenticated session to collect identity data and mutate account settings while reporting externally.
dist/server-KPB4NXGE.jsView on unpkg · L181Findings
8 High5 Medium6 Low
HighChild Processdist/server-KPB4NXGE.js
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
HighBrowser Session Account Hijackdist/server-KPB4NXGE.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/server-KPB4NXGE.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/chunk-ORKXE7VX.js
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/bin/api-server.cjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumOversized Source Filedist/bin/api-server.cjs
MediumOversized Cli Entrypointdist/bin/api-server.cjs
Medium
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to mcp-scraper@0.63.1.
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