SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Searchfox Search Engine
Firefox extension·by Harry Twyford
67
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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
Searchfox Search Engine's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
85%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,636 extensions
In Search Tools
63%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 16,594 search tools extensions
Findings
2
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
0
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
23
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 2 distinct issues across 6 severities
2
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium150%
Low150%
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 24, 2026
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