Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

Crawlora Mcp

Crawlora MCP is a hosted Model Context Protocol server that gives AI clients and agents 3665 structured public‑web‑data tools across 472 platform groups — search, maps, e‑commerce, social, finance, travel, app stores, media, and reviews — each returning clean, norma

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade B

Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV SECRETS_ENV_READ OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

    Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.

    index.mjs, line 69 const res = await fetch(url, { method, headers, body: payload });

  • SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV Low

    Mentions a .env file.

    .gitignore, line 2 .env

  • SECRETS_ENV_READ Note

    Reads an environment variable whose name contains KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASSWORD or CREDENTIAL.

    index.mjs, line 26 const API_KEY = process.env.CRAWLORA_API_KEY || "";

  • OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP Note

    A file was over the read cap and was not fully read.

    TOOLS.md, line 1 # Crawlora MCP tool catalog

Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.

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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

    Pass

    No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    index.mjs, line 69

    const res = await fetch(url, { method, headers, body: payload });

    scripts/verify-published.mjs, line 20

    const response = await fetch(url, {

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    index.mjs, line 26

    const API_KEY = process.env.CRAWLORA_API_KEY || "";

    .gitignore, line 1

    # Secrets - never commit API keys

    .gitignore, line 2

    .env

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Note

    a file was over the read cap and was not fully read.

    OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP

    TOOLS.md, line 1

    # Crawlora MCP tool catalog

    tools.json, line 1

    [{"name":"abcau_article","description":"Get ABC News Australia article content. Returns an ABC News Australia article by `url`, a canonical `abc.net.au` address in the form `/news/

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit 34ff6a98f543. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file. a file was over the read cap and was not fully read.

Date and source

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Commit graded: 34ff6a98f5430708f73376d4d1b67a5bdcdbcf81

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