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XKCD in New tab Grey

Firefox extension·by StevenTheElder
51
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

Likely abandonedsafety score reduced by 30 points

  • No update in over 7 years
  • The developer's website is no longer reachable
Why this matters

An unmaintained extension keeps whatever flaws it shipped with, and a listing with users but no owner is an attractive target to buy and repurpose.

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How it ranks

XKCD in New tab Grey's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
43%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,560 extensions
In Games Entertainment
20%of games entertainment extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 9,621 games entertainment extensions
Findings
3
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4
median 4vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 3 distinct issues across 6 severities
3
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 2 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 2 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

Info
*://xkcd.com/*

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