SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
What’s New
Chrome extension·by whatsnewcoupon
75
/ 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
What’s New's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
24%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,581 extensions
In Lifestyle
23%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 47,453 lifestyle extensions
Findings
15
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
4
median 25vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 15 distinct issues across 6 severities
15
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical17%
High17%
Needs Review00%
Medium1280%
Low17%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 4 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 2 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
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
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 10, 2026
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