SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
xkcd New Tab
Firefox extension·by trustworthyginger
63
/ 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 6 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
xkcd New Tab's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
70%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,581 extensions
In Appearance
36%of appearance extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 18,896 appearance extensions
Findings
5
median 3Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
18
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 5 distinct issues across 6 severities
5
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High120%
Needs Review00%
Medium240%
Low240%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 2 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 2 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
Info
*://xkcd.com/info.0.json
No additional information available.
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