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PayPal MCP Server

paypal-mcp-server declares 28 capabilities across 28 tools, with 3 critical issues.

86/100 exposureHigh exposure

Manifest recorded 2026-10-21 from tools/list answered by the npm package @paypal/mcp@1.8.1 (published to npm under the @paypal scope), run in an isolated container with no network access and placeholder credentials. The date changes only when the manifest does. Not verified by a maintainer.

Note. Run with --tools=all, as PayPal's README shows.

Issues

These describe what this server's manifest declares. A product can provide controls that MCP has no way to express — token revocation, an admin console, audit logs — and this page cannot see them. The absence of a declaration is not evidence that a control is absent.

critical · no-revocation · All 28 tools

28 of 28 tools declare no way for the customer to switch them off once granted. This applies to every tool because MCP has no field in which to declare a revocation mechanism; the product may provide one outside MCP that a manifest cannot show.

critical · irreversible-uncapped · 6 of 28 tools

6 tools are classified as irreversible and declare no limit.

critical · uncapped-spend · 2 of 28 tools

2 tools are classified as moving money and declare no dollar limit. A cap on the number of payments does not bound their amount.

high · no-expiry · All 28 tools

28 of 28 tools declare no expiry. This applies to every tool because MCP has no field in which to declare an expiry; the product may provide one outside MCP that a manifest cannot show.

high · no-audit-trail · All 28 tools

28 of 28 tools declare no record of their actions that the customer can read. This applies to every tool because MCP has no field in which to declare an audit requirement; the product may provide one outside MCP that a manifest cannot show.

high · uncapped-write · 9 of 28 tools

9 tools can modify data and declare no limit.

low · uncapped-read · 13 of 28 tools

13 tools can read data and declare no limit.

Declared capabilities

How each tool was read. declared means the server's own annotation said so — self-reported and unverified. inferred is from the tool's name. assumed means nothing indicated either way.

Tool	Read as	Basis
`create_invoice`	`write`	inferred
`list_invoices`	`read`	inferred
`get_invoice`	`read`	inferred
`send_invoice`	`send`	inferred
`send_invoice_reminder`	`send`	inferred
`cancel_sent_invoice`	`delete`	inferred
`generate_invoice_qr_code`	`write`	assumed
`create_product`	`write`	inferred
`list_products`	`read`	inferred
`update_product`	`write`	inferred
`show_product_details`	`read`	inferred
`create_subscription_plan`	`write`	inferred
`list_subscription_plans`	`read`	inferred
`show_subscription_plan_details`	`read`	inferred
`create_subscription`	`write`	inferred
`show_subscription_details`	`read`	inferred
`cancel_subscription`	`delete`	inferred
`create_shipment_tracking`	`write`	inferred
`get_shipment_tracking`	`read`	inferred
`create_order`	`write`	inferred
`get_order`	`read`	inferred
`pay_order`	`pay`	inferred
`list_disputes`	`read`	inferred
`get_dispute`	`read`	inferred
`accept_dispute_claim`	`write`	assumed
`list_transactions`	`read`	inferred
`create_refund`	`pay`	inferred
`get_refund`	`read`	inferred

Record history

Earlier records for this server. A correction is added here, never written over the record it corrects.

Recorded	Exposure	Source
2026-10-16	86	tools/list answered by the npm package @paypal/mcp@1.8.1 (published to npm under the @paypal scope), run in an isolated container with no network access and placeholder credentials
2026-10-11	86	tools/list answered by the npm package @paypal/mcp@1.8.1 (published to npm under the @paypal scope), run in an isolated container with no network access and placeholder credentials
2026-09-21	86	tools/list answered by the npm package @paypal/mcp@1.8.1 (published to npm under the @paypal scope), run in an isolated container with no network access and placeholder credentials
2026-09-14	86	tools/list answered by the npm package @paypal/mcp@1.8.1 (published to npm under the @paypal scope), run in an isolated container with no network access and placeholder credentials
2026-09-14	86	tools/list answered by the npm package @paypal/mcp@1.8.1 (published to npm under the @paypal scope), run in an isolated container with no network access and placeholder credentials
2026-09-14	86	tools/list answered by the npm package @paypal/mcp@1.8.1 (published to npm under the @paypal scope), run in an isolated container with no network access and placeholder credentials

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