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Paper Finder | Discover related academic papers

Firefox extension·by Researcher
38
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
DANGEROUS
Meaningful risk surface. Avoid on managed devices without review.

Abandonedsafety score reduced by 40 points

  • No update in over 7 years
  • The developer's website is no longer reachable
  • 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

Paper Finder | Discover related academic papers's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
34%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,522 extensions
In Search Tools
14%of search tools extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 16,584 search tools extensions
Findings
13
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
80
median 2vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 20 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
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