ClawAudit verdict

auto-publisher

publish-mate

88
🟢 Trusted
Low risk — reviewed by ClawAudit, behavior matches stated purpose

Automated news content publishing skill fetching RSS feeds and posting to WordPress using user-configured WP_APP_PASSWORD; behavior matches the stated automated publishing purpose.

⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.

Automated static analysis — not a human review. ClawAudit flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.

48
security
100
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (7)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

README.md · code · PASSWORD='xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx

Pattern match medium

Accesses OpenClaw config/secrets directly

articles/openclaw-guide.md · prose · downgraded · ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

Pattern match low

Opens WebSocket connection

articles/openclaw-guide.md · prose · downgraded · WebSocket

Pattern match low

References agent memory files

articles/openclaw-guide.md · prose · downgraded · MEMORY.md

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

scripts/auto_publish.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

scripts/auto_publish.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

scripts/fetch_news.py · prose · downgraded · got

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class B). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 1 system binary.

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