SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Open in Waterfox
Firefox extension·by Andy Portmen
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
DANGEROUS
Meaningful risk surface. Avoid on managed devices without review.
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
Open in Waterfox's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
11%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Privacy & Security
7%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,537 privacy & security extensions
Findings
15
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
28
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 15 distinct issues across 6 severities
15
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical17%
High640%
Needs Review00%
Medium747%
Low17%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 6 total
2 critical permissions require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Manage downloads(optional)
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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