testing-for-xxe-injection-vulnerabilities
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Audited by Snyk on Mar 15, 2026
Risk Level: CRITICAL
Full Analysis
HIGH W007: Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.
- Insecure credential handling detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill explicitly instructs crafting XXE payloads to read and exfiltrate sensitive files (e.g., /etc/passwd, config.php) and to include "Files Retrieved" / contents in findings, which would require the agent to capture and output secret values verbatim.
CRITICAL E005: Suspicious download URL detected in skill instructions.
- Suspicious download URL detected (high risk: 1.00). Yes — the list contains attacker-controlled callback/exfiltration domains (abc123.oast.fun, attacker.example.com), an explicit malicious DTD/download URL, and an exploit GitHub repo (enjoiz/XXEinjector) alongside SSRF/metadata targets, which are strong indicators these URLs are used to host or deliver malicious payloads or exploit tooling.
CRITICAL E006: Malicious code pattern detected in skill scripts.
- Malicious code pattern detected (high risk: 1.00). The content and agent script explicitly implement and automate deliberate data-exfiltration and SSRF techniques (external DTDs, OOB HTTP/DNS/FTP callbacks, php://filter base64 reads, cloud metadata access, hosting "evil.dtd" and attacker-controlled endpoints) to retrieve sensitive files and send them to attacker domains — i.e., operational malicious/abuse functionality rather than mere vulnerability description.
MEDIUM W011: Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
- Third-party content exposure detected (high risk: 0.90). The agent (scripts/agent.py) sends HTTP requests to arbitrary user-supplied base_url endpoints (and may reference external OOB/DTD hosts as shown in SKILL.md) and directly reads/inspects resp.text to determine findings, so untrusted third-party responses can materially influence its decisions.
Issues (4)
W007
HIGHInsecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.
E005
CRITICALSuspicious download URL detected in skill instructions.
E006
CRITICALMalicious code pattern detected in skill scripts.
W011
MEDIUMThird-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
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