Wp Cli — the complete, unedited output of the deterministic mcptrustchecker engine v1.13.0, scanned . Every finding, capability tag and score component below is exactly what the engine produced — no AI, no post-processing.
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"tool": {
"name": "mcptrustchecker",
"version": "1.13.0",
"methodologyVersion": "mcptrustchecker-1.13"
},
"target": {
"id": "wp-cli-mcp",
"source": {
"kind": "package",
"origin": "wp-cli-mcp"
},
"server": {
"name": "wp-cli-mcp"
}
},
"grade": "A",
"score": {
"score": 93,
"threatScore": 100,
"grade": "A",
"band": "A",
"categorySubtotals": {
"injection": 0,
"exfiltration": 0,
"permissions": 0,
"supply-chain": 0,
"network": 0,
"hygiene": 0
},
"vector": [
{
"kind": "client",
"term": "capability-exposure",
"level": "high",
"label": "capability blast radius (high) — client exposure if the model is manipulated",
"appliedPenalty": 6
},
{
"kind": "client",
"term": "verification-discount",
"level": "repo",
"label": "publisher verification (public source) — no provenance, but the source is public and inspectable",
"appliedPenalty": 1
},
{
"kind": "client",
"term": "coverage-honesty",
"level": "source",
"label": "inspection depth (source) — how much of the target the scan could see",
"appliedPenalty": 0
}
],
"gatesFired": [],
"methodologyVersion": "mcptrustchecker-1.13"
},
"capability": {
"level": "high",
"reasons": [
"reads sensitive or local data",
"has a read → egress path (a data-exfiltration surface)",
"can execute shell commands or code"
],
"tags": [
"sensitive-source",
"code-exec"
]
},
"coverage": {
"level": "source",
"inputs": {
"toolSurface": true,
"implementationSource": true,
"packageMetadata": true,
"liveTransport": false
},
"caveats": [
"Tools were statically extracted from the published source (58 recovered), not enumerated from a running server. Tool-poisoning, Unicode-smuggling, capability and toxic-flow analysis ran on this inferred surface, but a mis-parsed registration could be missed or mis-attributed, so tool-derived findings are capped below “confirmed”. To grade the real runtime surface, scan the running server: --command \"npx -y <package>\"."
]
},
"findings": [
{
"ruleId": "MTC-FLOW-004",
"title": "Sensitive-source and external-sink co-exist",
"category": "exfiltration",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "Tools that read sensitive data ([wp_db_query, wp_db_export]) and tools that can send data out ([wp_eval]) are exposed together. An agent can move private data to the sink.",
"remediation": "Keep secret-reading and egress capabilities on separate, separately-approved servers.",
"location": {
"kind": "flow",
"name": "wp_db_query → wp_eval"
},
"evidence": "sources [wp_db_query, wp_db_export] → sinks [wp_eval]",
"owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
"references": [],
"data": {
"sources": [
"wp_db_query",
"wp_db_export"
],
"sinks": [
"wp_eval"
]
}
},
{
"ruleId": "MTC-CAP-001",
"title": "Tool \"wp_eval\" exposes command/code execution",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "Tool \"wp_eval\" appears to run shell commands or evaluate code (keyword \"eval\" in tool name). Arbitrary execution driven by model input is one of the most dangerous MCP capabilities; combined with any untrusted input it becomes RCE.",
"remediation": "Sandbox execution, allowlist commands/arguments, and never pass model output to a shell unescaped.",
"location": {
"kind": "tool",
"name": "wp_eval"
},
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
"data": {
"tags": [
"code-exec"
]
}
},
{
"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (dist/wp-cli.js)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/wp-cli.js:1`): Spawning a shell/process is command-execution capability; with unsanitized tool input it is command injection / RCE. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
"remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
"location": {
"kind": "server",
"name": "dist/wp-cli.js"
},
"evidence": "{ execFile } from \"node:child_process\"; import { promisify } from \"node:util\"; const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile)",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
"data": {
"rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
"file": "dist/wp-cli.js",
"line": 1,
"nonRuntime": false
}
},
{
"ruleId": "MTC-CAP-005",
"title": "Mutating tool \"wp_eval\" declares no destructiveHint",
"category": "hygiene",
"severity": "low",
"confidence": "heuristic",
"description": "Tool \"wp_eval\" can mutate/egress but declares no destructiveHint. Clients that don't default to spec-safe behavior may not prompt before running it.",
"remediation": "Declare accurate annotations, and gate destructive tools on user confirmation regardless.",
"location": {
"kind": "tool",
"name": "wp_eval"
},
"data": {
"tags": [
"code-exec"
]
}
}
],
"toxicFlows": [
{
"id": "flow-1",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"untrustedInput": [],
"sensitiveSource": [
"wp_db_query",
"wp_db_export"
],
"externalSink": [
"wp_eval"
],
"selfContained": false,
"path": [
"wp_db_export",
"wp_eval"
],
"pathWired": false,
"description": "A sensitive-source → external-sink chain exists: wp_db_export → wp_eval."
}
],
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"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_core_check_update",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_plugin_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_plugin_install",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_plugin_activate",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_plugin_deactivate",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_plugin_delete",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_plugin_search",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_theme_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_theme_install",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_theme_activate",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_theme_delete",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_post_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_post_get",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_post_create",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_post_update",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_post_delete",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_user_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_user_create",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_option_get",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_option_update",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_menu_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_menu_create",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_menu_item_add",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_media_import",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
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"tags": [
"sensitive-source"
],
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"keyword \"sql_query\""
]
}
},
{
"tool": "wp_db_export",
"tags": [
"sensitive-source"
],
"reasons": {
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"keyword \"export_data\""
]
}
},
{
"tool": "wp_search_replace",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_scaffold_theme",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_scaffold_plugin",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_scaffold_block",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_rewrite_flush",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_cache_flush",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_cli_raw",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_theme_file_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_theme_file_read",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_theme_file_write",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_theme_file_delete",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_eval",
"tags": [
"code-exec"
],
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"keyword \"eval\" in tool name"
]
}
},
{
"tool": "wp_sidebar_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_widget_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_term_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_term_create",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_post_meta_get",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_post_meta_update",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_post_meta_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_site_info",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wc_product_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wc_product_create",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wc_product_get",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wc_product_update_price",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wc_order_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wc_order_get",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wc_coupon_create",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_cron_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_cron_run",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_maintenance_mode",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "wp_transient_delete_all",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
}
],
"surfaceDigest": "516be7403f4c42c85f06dfbe3227b4d2958744f96f9c8236c9831cd4cbd8896c",
"stats": {
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"prompts": 0,
"resources": 0,
"findingsBySeverity": {
"critical": 0,
"high": 3,
"medium": 0,
"low": 1,
"info": 0
}
}
}