SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Search in MDN
Chrome extension
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
Search in MDN's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
37%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
48%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
11
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
4
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 11 distinct issues across 6 severities
11
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 12 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical436%
High218%
Needs Review00%
Medium327%
Low218%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 permissions declared
No risky permissions
3 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
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
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 17, 2026
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