Zotero (54yyyu) MCP Server
zotero-mcp-server
PyPI
v0.6.2
Published by 54yyyu — no publish provenance and no vendor-owned scope, so the publisher could not be verified. The repository link below is self-declared.
Every server starts at 100. These are the exact deductions the deterministic engine applied — each one reproducible, none of it an opinion or an LLM's guess:
| Points | What was found | Category |
|---|---|---|
| −2.1 | Package has no source repository MTC-SUP-011 | supply-chain |
Capability observations and info notes are shown under Findings but never scored.
Open any row's finding below for the file, line and evidence behind the deduction.
Findings 9
high Dynamic code execution in server code (tests/test_description_tokens.py)MTC-SRC-001
In the server's implementation (`tests/test_description_tokens.py:94`): Evaluating strings as code is the most direct RCE primitive; if any tool input reaches it, the server executes attacker-chosen code. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.
Evidence: eval(
Fix: 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: server tests/test_description_tokens.py
high Shell/command execution in server code (src/zotero_mcp/cli.py)MTC-SRC-002
In the server's implementation (`src/zotero_mcp/cli.py:431`): 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.
Evidence: subprocess.run(
Fix: 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: server src/zotero_mcp/cli.py
high Shell/command execution in server code (src/zotero_mcp/local_db.py)MTC-SRC-002
In the server's implementation (`src/zotero_mcp/local_db.py:29`): 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.
Evidence: subprocess.run (
Fix: 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: server src/zotero_mcp/local_db.py
high Shell/command execution in server code (src/zotero_mcp/pdfannots_helper.py)MTC-SRC-002
In the server's implementation (`src/zotero_mcp/pdfannots_helper.py:112`): 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.
Evidence: subprocess.run(
Fix: 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: server src/zotero_mcp/pdfannots_helper.py
high Shell/command execution in server code (src/zotero_mcp/setup_helper.py)MTC-SRC-002
In the server's implementation (`src/zotero_mcp/setup_helper.py:85`): 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.
Evidence: subprocess.run(
Fix: 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: server src/zotero_mcp/setup_helper.py
high Shell/command execution in server code (src/zotero_mcp/updater.py)MTC-SRC-002
In the server's implementation (`src/zotero_mcp/updater.py:32`): 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.
Evidence: subprocess.run(
Fix: 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: server src/zotero_mcp/updater.py
medium Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint (src/zotero_mcp/tools/_helpers.py)MTC-SRC-003
In the server's implementation (`src/zotero_mcp/tools/_helpers.py:987`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.
Evidence: requests.get(
"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/idconv/api/v1/articles/"
Fix: 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: server src/zotero_mcp/tools/_helpers.py
medium Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint (src/zotero_mcp/updater.py)MTC-SRC-003
In the server's implementation (`src/zotero_mcp/updater.py:155`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.
Evidence: requests.get(
"https://pypi.org/pypi/zotero-mcp-server/json"
Fix: 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: server src/zotero_mcp/updater.py
low Package has no source repositoryMTC-SUP-011
"zotero-mcp-server" declares no repository URL, so its published artifact cannot be compared against reviewable source.
Fix: Prefer packages that link to public, reviewable source.
Location: package zotero-mcp-server
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| Version | Score | Findings | Engine | Scanned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
v0.6.2 latest |
A 98/100 | 9 | 1.5.0 | 2026-07-22 |
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