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GitHub Widener

Firefox extension·by danstewart
62
/ 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

GitHub Widener's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
69%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,277 extensions
In Appearance
34%of appearance extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 18,944 appearance extensions
Findings
4
median 3Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 4 distinct issues across 6 severities
4
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 4 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browsing history

Can read and modify your complete browsing history

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Info
*://github.com/*

No additional information available.

Info
*://gist.github.com/*

No additional information available.

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