SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
ProxyBear
Chrome extension·by Haviv
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
ProxyBear's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
14%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
19%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
24
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
38
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 24 distinct issues across 6 severities
24
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 29 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical14%
High313%
Needs Review00%
Medium1354%
Low729%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 5 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Control proxy settings
Can route your browser traffic through a proxy server
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 7, 2026
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