SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HowXM Tools
Chrome extension·by Oscar Jiang
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
HowXM Tools's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
6%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
8%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
29
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
13
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 29 distinct issues across 6 severities
29
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 41 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical13%
High724%
Needs Review00%
Medium2069%
Low13%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 4 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
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
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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