MCP, MCP server
ai.smithery/morosss-sdfsdf
Find academic papers across major sources like arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, and more.
Compatibility: Not stated.
Grade C
One Medium finding. Read the findings before installing.
Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.
Rescanned at commit 91bf76151c85, unchanged since the check below.
NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT
Why this grade
- NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT Medium
A file takes a URL or endpoint as input and has no fixed host list.
paper_search_mcp/server.py, line 49
returned by this function can be passed to the fetch() tool to obtain full
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What was checked
Plain notes from the hygiene checks.
Permissions
Pass
No shell or command execution found, and no extra permission was declared.
Install and update
Note
README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell.
INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER
README.md, line 97
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
Network
Serious
accepts a host from input, with no fixed list in this file.
NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT
paper_search_mcp/server.py, line 49
returned by this function can be passed to the fetch() tool to obtain full
paper_search_mcp/server.py, line 98
async def fetch(id: str) -> Dict:
paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/arxiv.py, line 32
response = requests.get(self.BASE_URL, params=params)
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paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/arxiv.py, line 61
response = requests.get(pdf_url)
paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/iacr.py, line 251
pdf_response = requests.get(paper.pdf_url, timeout=30)
paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/pubmed.py, line 32
search_response = requests.get(self.SEARCH_URL, params=search_params)
paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/pubmed.py, line 41
fetch_response = requests.get(self.FETCH_URL, params=fetch_params)
paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/semantic.py, line 298
pdf_response = requests.get(pdf_url, timeout=30)
paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/semantic.py, line 340
pdf_response = requests.get(paper.pdf_url, timeout=30)
Secrets
Concern
reads a credential or environment file.
SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED
paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/semantic.py, line 153
api_key = os.getenv("SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY")
.gitignore, line 127
# Environments
Agent instructions
Pass
No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.
Obfuscation
Pass
No encoded or minified payload found.
Licence
Pass
A licence file is present (LICENSE).
Maintainer activity
Note
the latest commit is more than 365 days old.
MAINTAINER_STALE
No file path was stored.
2025-09-13T19:57:22+02:00
Note
Hygiene check of commit 91bf76151c85. README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. accepts a host from input, with no fixed list in this file. reads a credential or environment file. the latest commit is more than 365 days old.
Date and source
Date checked:
github.com
Commit graded: 91bf76151c859ae95f974381b7eaeea6e4f8e7b2
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