mcp-scraper@0.72.4
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MCP server for MCP Scraper web intelligence tools
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo install-time malware or exfiltration chain was found. The explicit agent configuration and browser-session persistence features are dangerous capabilities that merit a warning.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user runs mcp-scraper-cli agent install claude --apply or invokes browser tools with profile saving enabled.
Impact
The package can gain future MCP execution through the configured Claude entry and retain browser-session changes in the chosen profile.
Mechanism
Explicit MCP configuration mutation and opt-in browser-profile persistence.
AI rationale
No install-time malware or exfiltration chain was found. The explicit agent configuration and browser-session persistence features are dangerous capabilities that merit a warning.
Evidence
dist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.jsdist/chunk-F6MUGMRN.jsdist/server-ORLMQHS6.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The explicit agent-install command can remove and add the package's user-scope Claude MCP entry.
- Browser sessions can be configured to save changes to a named hosted browser profile.
- A replay-annotation feature invokes fixed local media utilities with argument arrays.
Evidence against
- package.json has no install lifecycle hook or runtime dependency on mcp-scraper.
- The Claude configuration change requires the user to run agent install with --apply and targets only mcp-scraper.
- No source evidence shows credential exfiltration, covert remote payload loading, or unconsented install-time activity.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
10 flaggeddist/chunk-EYKIQBYR.jsView file
15862// src/mcp/replay-annotator.ts
L15863: import { execFile } from "child_process";
L15864: import { mkdtemp, rm, stat, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/chunk-EYKIQBYR.jsView on unpkg · L15862dist/server-ORLMQHS6.jsView file
332import {
L333: isPrivateIpAddress,
L334: loadHtmlDocument,
...
L557: ctaHeadingItalic: "real data.",
L558: 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...
L559: sections: [
...
L820: 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...
L821: source: "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/openai-releases-gpt-5-5-instant-a-new-default-model-for-chatgpt/"
L822: }
...
L868: question: "what is the hallucination rate of Claude in 2026",
L869: answer: `<strong>Claude's hallucination rate in 2026 spans from 0% (Claude Opus 4.1 on AA-
High
Browser Session Account Hijack
Browser source reuses an authenticated session to collect identity data and mutate account settings while reporting externally.
Findings
8 High5 Medium6 Low
HighChild Processdist/chunk-EYKIQBYR.js
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
HighBrowser Session Account Hijackdist/server-ORLMQHS6.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/server-ORLMQHS6.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/server-ORLMQHS6.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/bin/mcp-scraper-cli.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/chunk-F6MUGMRN.js
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@0.72.4.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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