SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

GitHub Downloads

Firefox extension·by Samuel Meuli
67
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

Likely abandonedsafety score reduced by 30 points

  • No update in over 7 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

GitHub Downloads's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
83%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,636 extensions
In Web Development
67%of web development extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 15,276 web development extensions
Findings
3
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
30
median 2vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 3 distinct issues across 6 severities
3
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Info
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Info
*://*.github.com/*/releases*

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