SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
GOV.UK Browser Extension
Firefox extension·by GOV.UK Developers
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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
GOV.UK Browser Extension's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
98.35%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
88.35%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
2
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
4
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
6
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 2 findings across 5 severities
2
findings
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Medium150%
Low150%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 6 total
4 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
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
Low
React to page content
Can show or hide the extension icon based on page content rules
Info
https://*.gov.uk/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026· partial run (some scanners failed)
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