testing-for-xxe-injection-vulnerabilities

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Mar 15, 2026

Risk Level: SAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONPROMPT_INJECTIONREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill recommends downloading the XXEinjector exploitation tool from a third-party GitHub repository (enjoiz/XXEinjector) which is not part of the verified trusted vendors list.
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: Provides instructions to clone and potentially execute code from an external repository (XXEinjector). While common in security workflows, this represents an unverifiable dependency risk.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Includes numerous shell commands for manual testing, such as curl for interacting with web APIs, python -m http.server for hosting malicious DTD files, and archive utilities like zip/unzip for manipulating XML-based file formats like DOCX and XLSX.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: Contains multiple XML payloads and automated routines in scripts/agent.py designed to exfiltrate sensitive server data, including /etc/passwd, Windows configuration files, and cloud environment metadata via SSRF.
  • [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is susceptible to indirect prompt injection (Category 8) due to the processing of untrusted data from target server responses.
  • Ingestion points: The test_xxe_payloads function in scripts/agent.py captures and evaluates resp.text from the target server to detect successful injection.
  • Boundary markers: No delimiters or safety instructions are used to prevent the agent from being influenced by malicious content returned in the target response body.
  • Capability inventory: The script has the capability to perform network requests via requests.post and write findings to the local filesystem via generate_report.
  • Sanitization: There is no evidence of sanitization or filtering of the captured response content before it is used in the agent's logic.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Mar 15, 2026, 12:26 AM