SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Play in VLC™
Chrome extension·by emano.waldeck
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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
Play in VLC™'s safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
91.63%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
81.63%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
5
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
3
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
6
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 5 distinct issues across 6 severities
5
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 9 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High120%
Needs Review00%
Medium240%
Low240%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 6 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
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
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026· partial run (some scanners failed)
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