SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HighlightGPT – Highlight Text to Ask & Explain in ChatGPT
Chrome extension·by Zhong Xin
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
HighlightGPT – Highlight Text to Ask & Explain in ChatGPT's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
2%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,711 extensions
In Productivity
4%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,973 productivity extensions
Findings
95
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
322
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 95 findings across 5 severities
95
findings
detected
detected
Critical33%
High1314%
Medium7882%
Low11%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 3 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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