SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Wayback
Chrome extension
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Wayback's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
17%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,712 extensions
In Productivity
37%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,973 productivity extensions
Findings
14
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
20
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 14 findings across 5 severities
14
findings
detected
detected
Critical17%
High214%
Medium1071%
Low17%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 4 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 3 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
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
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
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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