SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Ghostery AdBlocker for Privacy
Chrome extension·by Ghostery
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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
Ghostery AdBlocker for Privacy's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
46.97%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
36.97%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
126
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
4
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
12
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 126 findings across 5 severities
126
findings
detected
detected
Critical00%
High65%
Medium9071%
Low3024%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 12 total
4 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 12 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
Low
View blocked request stats
Can see which declarative rules matched network requests
Low
Create offscreen documents
Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks
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