SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Google News (Pin Tab)
Firefox extension·by Senthil Ponnusamy
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 6 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.
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
Google News (Pin Tab)'s safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
63%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Alerts & Updates
33%of alerts & updates extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 6,603 alerts & updates extensions
Findings
7
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
55
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 7 distinct issues across 6 severities
7
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 14 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High114%
Needs Review00%
Medium457%
Low229%
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
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
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 9, 2026
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