SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
newtab for poweruser
Firefox extension·by aloisleclet
83
/ 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
newtab for poweruser's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
46%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,581 extensions
In Search Tools
22%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 16,585 search tools extensions
Findings
6
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
0
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 6 distinct issues across 6 severities
6
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical117%
High117%
Needs Review00%
Medium350%
Low117%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 5 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
Medium
Browser settings
Can read and modify browser-wide settings
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Info
*://*/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 19, 2026
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