SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
AdGuard VPN — Privacy & Security
Firefox extension·by Adguard Software Ltd
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
DANGEROUS
Meaningful risk surface. Avoid on managed devices without review.
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
AdGuard VPN — Privacy & Security's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
0%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Privacy & Security
0%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,537 privacy & security extensions
Findings
340
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
11
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
10715
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 340 distinct issues across 6 severities
340
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 367 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical21%
High6319%
Needs Review00%
Medium17953%
Low8826%
Info82%
Permissions requested
6 risky permissions of 11 total
2 critical permissions require attention
This extension requests 11 permissions in total. 6 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Manage other extensions
Can enable, disable, or uninstall other browser extensions
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
High
Control privacy settings
Can modify browser privacy settings like Do Not Track and safe browsing
High
Control proxy settings
Can route your browser traffic through a proxy server
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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