SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
NewTab
Firefox extension·by will
54
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
Likely abandonedsafety score reduced by 30 points
- No update in over 5 years
Why this matters
An unmaintained extension keeps whatever flaws it shipped with, and a listing with users but no owner is an attractive target to buy and repurpose.
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How it ranks
NewTab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
50%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,240 extensions
In Appearance
21%of appearance extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 18,862 appearance extensions
Findings
18
median 3Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
0
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 18 distinct issues across 6 severities
18
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 34 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium1583%
Low317%
Info00%
Permissions requested
0 permissions declared
No permissions requested
This extension doesn't request any browser permissions. That's unusually clean.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 19, 2026
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