SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Reading List
Firefox extension·by Leetcat
83
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Reading List's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
48%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,277 extensions
In Feeds News Blogging
25%of feeds news blogging extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 7,335 feeds news blogging extensions
Findings
13
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
3252
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High18%
Needs Review00%
Medium862%
Low431%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 3 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
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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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 24, 2026
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