SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Web Citation Generator - Fast & Accurate APA, MLA, Chicago Formatter
Chrome extension·by yichong
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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
Web Citation Generator - Fast & Accurate APA, MLA, Chicago Formatter's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
31%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,711 extensions
In Productivity
57%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,973 productivity extensions
Findings
9
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
207
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 9 findings across 5 severities
9
findings
detected
detected
Critical00%
High333%
Medium556%
Low111%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 4 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
Medium
View email address
Can see the email address of the signed-in Chrome user
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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