SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

Scholarometer

Firefox extension·by Scholarometer Team
44
/ 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 7 years
  • Bundles libraries with known vulnerabilities and no fix in sight
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

Scholarometer's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
20%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,596 extensions
In Social & Communication
10%of social & communication extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 13,678 social & communication extensions
Findings
22
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
138
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
204
median 3vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 22 distinct issues across 6 severities
22
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 24 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

138 permissions declared
No risky permissions
138 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Info
http://scholar.google.com/

No additional information available.

Info
https://scholar.google.com/

No additional information available.

Info
https://scholarometer-test.cs.indiana.edu/

No additional information available.

Info
https://scholarometer.indiana.edu/

No additional information available.

Info
http://scholarometer-test.cs.indiana.edu/

No additional information available.

Info
http://scholarometer.indiana.edu/

No additional information available.

Info
*://scholar.google.com/citations?*user=*

No additional information available.

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