SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Base64 Codec
Firefox extension·by pshekhar
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.
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How it ranks
Base64 Codec's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
47.95%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
37.95%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
13
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
1
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
5
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
1
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 16 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical18%
High323%
Needs Review00%
Medium754%
Low215%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 5 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Info
http://*/
No additional information available.
Info
https://*/
No additional information available.
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