zotero-grounded-mcp

Item: zotero-grounded-mcp
Rating: 0
Author: M8ven

An MCP server that gives any MCP-compatible assistant access to your Zotero reference library, enabling search, citation, bibliography generation, and .docx processing while keeping Zotero as the ground truth for references.

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// key findings

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Code appears obfuscated

6 files are unreadable to a human reviewer. Cannot audit what they do.

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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 3 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

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You'll be asked for 1 credential: ZOTERO_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// known CVEs in dependencies3 high

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.1GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

@modelcontextprotocol/sdk has cross-client data leak via shared server/transport instance reuse

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.1GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.1GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

🔐 secretZOTERO_API_KEY— e =your_api_key

configZOTERO_GROUP_ID— e =your_group_id

configZOTERO_LIBRARY_TYPE— e =group \

configZOTERO_LOCAL_PORT— 23119 Port for the local Zotero connector

configZOTERO_MODE— "": "local"

configZOTERO_USER_ID— e =your_numeric_id \

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commit: e51080e55b78650f5e1817b4a07a09d9b3fa999d

code hash: bb5b5cb6d0e9c726890c6dc0105da4ba5ecef417204e6e7e38f4b966c45a5ac1

verified: 6/21/2026, 10:39:20 AM

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