SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Arxiv Auto-Pick
Firefox extension·by Vielbein
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Arxiv Auto-Pick's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
39%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Social & Communication
20%of social & communication extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,741 social & communication extensions
Findings
4
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 4 distinct issues across 6 severities
4
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 8 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical125%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium250%
Low125%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 8 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Info
https://arxiv.org/abs/*
No additional information available.
Info
browserAction
No additional information available.
Info
contentScripts
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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