SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HotVPN - Private anonymity VPN and Proxy
Firefox extension·by HotVPN
0
/ 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.
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
HotVPN - Private anonymity VPN and Proxy's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
33%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Privacy & Security
26%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,537 privacy & security extensions
Findings
14
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
98
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 14 distinct issues across 6 severities
14
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical17%
High429%
Needs Review00%
Medium857%
Low17%
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
Control privacy settings
Can modify browser privacy settings like Do Not Track and safe browsing
High
Control proxy settings
Can route your browser traffic through a proxy server
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Block and modify web requests
Can intercept, block, or modify any network request before it completes
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Info
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