SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
CCH® Browser Search
Firefox extension·by Wolters Kluwer
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
CCH® Browser Search's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
19%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Search Tools
6%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 15,409 search tools extensions
Findings
24
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
161
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 24 distinct issues across 6 severities
24
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 49 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical313%
High28%
Needs Review00%
Medium1563%
Low417%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 8 total
2 critical permissions require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 4 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
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Block and modify web requests
Can intercept, block, or modify any network request before it completes
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Info
*://*/*
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 31, 2026
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