SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
XQ FIPS Helper
Chrome extension·by xq-chrome-publishing
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
XQ FIPS Helper's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
19%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,712 extensions
In Productivity
40%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,973 productivity extensions
Findings
9
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
69
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 9 findings across 5 severities
9
findings
detected
detected
Critical111%
High222%
Medium556%
Low111%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 1 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 1 permission in total. 1 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
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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