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scholar

Literature review and academic research plugin for Claude.

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// key findings
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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
// known CVEs in dependencies2 high5 medium6 low

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

highvite@6.0.0GHSA-fx2h-pf6j-xcff

vite: `server.fs.deny` bypass on Windows alternate paths

highvite@6.0.0GHSA-p9ff-h696-f583

Vite Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Vite Dev Server WebSocket

mediumvite@6.0.0GHSA-356w-63v5-8wf4

Vite has an `server.fs.deny` bypass with an invalid `request-target`

mediumvite@6.0.0GHSA-4w7w-66w2-5vf9

Vite Vulnerable to Path Traversal in Optimized Deps `.map` Handling

mediumvite@6.0.0GHSA-859w-5945-r5v3

Vite's server.fs.deny bypassed with /. for files under project root

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Dev dependencies

2 critical/high in dev-only deps (does not ship to users)

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Domain consistency

npm scope @modelcontextprotocol doesn't match GitHub owner zaynram

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commit: 960d87337f25c996f62be19a2ce602ff87135806
code hash: 43f9bb43c9926ee5230b51966d98f843668ef955d091b183a09b53984363d6df
verified: 9/6/2026, 7:23:10 AM
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