SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
How-To Guide Maker
Chrome extension·by linkgrabber.pro
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
How-To Guide Maker's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
1%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 357,609 extensions
In Productivity
1%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,115 productivity extensions
Findings
324
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
12
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1000
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 324 distinct issues across 6 severities
324
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 348 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical21%
High4012%
Needs Review00%
Medium26181%
Low124%
Info93%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 12 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 12 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
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Medium
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
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
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Low
Use side panel
Can display content in the browser side panel
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 9, 2026
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