{"slug":"pci-payment-ui-security-review","title":"pci-payment-ui-security-review","summary":"Statically review payment-page frontend code for PCI-DSS-relevant defects in the browser/DOM slice only — raw PAN collection in self-controlled inputs instead of Stripe hosted fields, card data persisted client-side or to analytics, raw card data POSTed to a first-party endpoint,","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:52:15.938882Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VincentChuWaiChow/vanguard-frontier-agentic","stars":24,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: pci-payment-ui-security-review\ndescription: Statically review payment-page frontend code for PCI-DSS-relevant defects in the browser/DOM slice only — raw PAN collection in self-controlled inputs instead of Stripe hosted fields, card data persisted client-side or to analytics, raw card data POSTed to a first-party endpoint, and third-party scripts loaded without Subresource Integrity — grounded in Stripe's own tokenization docs and PCI-DSS v4 script-security requirements.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: \"github: VincentChuWaiChow\"\nversion: \"0.1.0\"\nupdated: \"2026-07-03\"\ncategory: security</h2>\n<h1>PCI Payment UI Security Review</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Review payment-collection frontend code — checkout pages, card-entry forms, and any script loaded on a page that collects cardholder data — for the frontend-specific defect classes that keep raw cardholder data out of the DOM and out of merchant-controlled JavaScript: raw PAN/CVV collection in a self-controlled <code>&lt;input&gt;</code> instead of Stripe's iframe-isolated hosted fields, card data persistence to <code>localStorage</code>/<code>sessionStorage</code>/analytics/logs, raw card data POSTed to a first-party endpoint instead of tokenized first, and third-party scripts loaded on the payment page without Subresource Integrity (SRI). This skill exists so the review stays anchored to the frontend tokenization boundary and script-integrity surface instead of drifting into a general \"payments code review.\"</p>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<p>Use this skill when the user asks to:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>review a checkout page or card-entry form for PCI-relevant frontend risk,</li>\n<li>assess whether card-number, expiry, or CVV fields are collected safely (hosted fields vs. raw <code>&lt;input&gt;</code>),</li>\n<li>audit which scripts load on a payment-collection page and whether they carry Subresource Integrity,</li>\n<li>assess SAQ-A scope reduction claims for a page that outsources card collection to Stripe Elements/Payment Element,</li>\n<li>perform a pre-launch frontend security review of a Stripe-based payment integration.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Do not use this skill for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>a full PCI-DSS compliance audit — this skill covers <strong>only the frontend slice</strong> (client-side script inventory/integrity, hosted-field isolation, tokenization boundary). Server-side cardholder-data-environment (CDE) segmentation, network firewalling, key management, encryption-at-rest, access control, and the remaining PCI-DSS requirement families are out of scope; route those to a dedicated infrastructure/compliance review,</li>\n<li>a non-payment page with no card-data collection or third-party script surface — general frontend security review is a different scope,</li>\n<li>a bug that requires live traffic capture (a proxy/network trace confirming what actually left the browser) to confirm exploitation — static analysis proves the structural risk (the code path that <em>would</em> expose or persist raw PAN/CVV), not that raw card data has already left the browser in production.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Context7 Documentation Protocol</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Resolve the Stripe library ID with <code>resolve-library-id</code> before citing any Stripe Elements/Payment Element or tokenization-mechanism claim; use <code>query-docs</code> to corroborate the specific API behavior (e.g., <code>stripe.createToken(cardElement)</code>, <code>stripe.confirmPayment()</code>, <code>stripe.confirmCardPayment()</code>) rather than relying on memory.</li>\n<li>Label every Stripe-API behavioral claim <code>documentation-based</code> (or <code>repo evidence</code> if confirmed directly against fetched Context7 doc content) — do not assert current Stripe API shape from training memory alone.</li>\n<li>Label every PCI-DSS requirement claim (6.4.3, 11.6.1, or the general SAQ-A scope-reduction rationale) <code>standard-based</code> — this skill does not verify a merchant's actual PCI compliance status or attestation; it evaluates whether the frontend code matches the documented pattern the standard and Stripe's architecture rely on.</li>\n<li>If Context7 is unavailable, fall back to the <code>official_docs</code> URLs in this skill's <code>metadata.json</code> and label the claim <code>documentation-based, unverified against current release</code>.</li>\n<li>Read <code>package.json</code>/script tags first to confirm which Stripe integration is in use (<code>@stripe/stripe-js</code> + Elements, <code>Payment Element</code>, or a legacy/custom integration) — the safe idiom and API names differ; do not assume Elements is in use without confirming.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Raw PAN/CVV collection outside an iframe-isolated hosted field, and any client-side persistence of raw cardholder data, default to HIGH severity. This is a security-scoped skill: do not downgrade a raw-PAN-in-DOM finding to MEDIUM because \"it's only in a dev/staging build\" — the structural pattern is the risk, not its current deployment target.</li>\n<li>Trace every finding to a concrete file:line and a concrete data-flow path. A finding that says \"this form might expose card data\" without showing the specific <code>&lt;input&gt;</code> element, the specific <code>.value</code> read, or the specific POST body construction is not a valid finding — it is a guess.</li>\n<li>Do not flag <code>&lt;CardNumberElement /&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;CardExpiryElement /&gt;</code>, <code>&lt;CardCVCElement /&gt;</code>, or <code>&lt;PaymentElement /&gt;</code> usage as a defect — these are Stripe's iframe-rendered hosted fields; the PAN/CVV they collect stays inside iframes controlled by Stripe and is never accessible to merchant JavaScript. Only a self-controlled <code>&lt;input&gt;</code> (e.g., <code>&lt;input type=\"text\" id=\"cardnumber\" /&gt;</code>) that application JS reads via <code>.value</code> is the raw-pan-input defect.</li>\n<li>Treat any <code>localStorage</code>, <code>sessionStorage</code>, in-memory app store, or analytics/logging call that could carry a PAN, CVV, or full cardholder data payload as a HIGH finding regardless of whether the value is currently populated in the traced code path — check the shape of the object being persisted, not just its current runtime value.</li>\n<li>Treat a first-party POST (<code>fetch</code>/<code>XMLHttpRequest</code>/form submit to a first-party endpoint) carrying raw card fields (PAN, CVV, expiry) as a HIGH finding. The safe pattern tokenizes first via the Stripe API (<code>stripe.createToken(cardElement)</code> or the Payment Element confirmation flow) and POSTs only the resulting token or PaymentIntent/PaymentMethod ID to the first-party endpoint.</li>\n<li>Treat any third-party <code>&lt;script src=\"...\"&gt;</code> loaded on a payment-collection page without an <code>integrity</code> attribute (Subresource Integrity, e.g. a <code>sha256-</code> hash) as a finding — cite PCI-DSS v4 requirement 6.4.3 (script inventory, script authorization, and integrity control) as the standard-based grounding. Do not accept \"we trust this vendor\" as a substitute for a visible integrity attribute or equivalent cryptographic verification.</li>\n<li>Stripe's hosted fields (<code>CardNumberElement</code>, <code>CardExpiryElement</code>, <code>CardCVCElement</code>, <code>PaymentElement</code>) render inside sandboxed iframes controlled by Stripe, not merchant code — the browser's same-origin policy and the iframe sandbox boundary are what keep merchant JavaScript from ever reading raw PAN/CVV values. A missing-iframe-isolation finding applies when card fields are collected via manual <code>&lt;input&gt;</code> elements with no sandboxed hosted-field equivalent in use.</li>\n<li>When reviewing broader payment-page change-detection posture, note PCI-DSS v4 requirement 11.6.1 (automated change-detection/alerting for unauthorized script modification on payment pages) as a standard-based expectation — but do not fabricate a finding about a change-detection mechanism you cannot observe in the frontend code under review; note it as an open question instead.</li>\n<li>Never execute, build, or run application code, and never send live requests, as part of this review; this is a static-review skill (Read/Grep/Glob only).</li>\n<li>Load only the reference needed for the concern in scope.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>References</h2>\n<p>Load these only when needed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"references/workflow-and-output.md\">Review workflow and findings contract</a> — use for the step-by-step review procedure, the defect decision tree, and the required output shape.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/hosted-fields-and-tokenization.md\">Hosted fields and tokenization boundary</a> — load when reviewing card-entry form markup, <code>raw-pan-input</code>, <code>card-data-persistence</code>, or <code>self-posted-card-data</code> defect classes.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/script-integrity-and-scope.md\">Script integrity and SAQ-A scope reduction</a> — load when reviewing third-party script tags for Subresource Integrity, or assessing whether a page's use of hosted fields plausibly supports SAQ-A scope-reduction claims.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Response minimum</h2>\n<p>Return, at minimum:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>the payment-collection page(s), card-entry form markup, script tags, and/or client-side persistence/network calls in scope,</li>\n<li>ranked findings with file:line evidence, defect category (<code>raw-pan-input</code>, <code>card-data-persistence</code>, <code>self-posted-card-data</code>, <code>unsigned-third-party-script</code>, or <code>missing-iframe-isolation</code>), the concrete data-flow trace (the raw <code>&lt;input&gt;</code>/<code>.value</code> read, the <code>localStorage</code>/analytics call, the POST body construction, or the missing <code>integrity</code> attribute), and a fix sketch matching Stripe's documented idiom (<code>CardNumberElement</code>, <code>PaymentElement</code>, <code>stripe.createToken</code>, or an <code>integrity</code>/SRI attribute),</li>\n<li>for every finding involving PAN/CVV/cardholder data exposure, an explicit statement of whether the value stays inside a Stripe-controlled iframe (safe) or is reachable by merchant JavaScript (unsafe) — never approve on the assumption isolation exists without tracing it,</li>\n<li>evidence level per finding (<code>repo evidence</code>, <code>documentation-based</code>, <code>standard-based</code>, or <code>inference</code>), with structural risk findings explicitly labeled as structural risk, not as confirmed-exploited or confirmed non-compliant,</li>\n<li>verdict (approve / approve-with-notes / block),</li>\n<li>open questions or scope the review could not cover — explicitly restate that this is <strong>not a full PCI-DSS audit</strong>: server-side cardholder-data-environment segmentation, key management, network controls, and non-script requirement families are out of scope and require a dedicated compliance/infrastructure review.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":2004,"isText":true},{"path":"references/hosted-fields-and-tokenization.md","sizeBytes":7906,"isText":true},{"path":"references/script-integrity-and-scope.md","sizeBytes":6331,"isText":true},{"path":"references/workflow-and-output.md","sizeBytes":8344,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":9874,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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