SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Authorbase
Firefox extension·by Booksprout
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
Authorbase's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
26%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Other
8%of other extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 26,888 other extensions
Findings
42
median 3Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
9
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
5
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 42 distinct issues across 6 severities
42
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 47 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High12%
Needs Review00%
Medium3788%
Low410%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 9 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 9 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browser cookies(optional)
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
High
View open tabs(optional)
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Execute scripts in pages(optional)
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Info
*://dev.authorbase.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://beta.authorbase.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://authorbase.com/*
No additional information available.
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