SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Glimpse - Citation Preview Tool
Firefox extension·by Mahdi Erfanian
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
Glimpse - Citation Preview Tool's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
3%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Tabs
1%of tabs extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,722 tabs extensions
Findings
93
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
9
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 93 distinct issues across 6 severities
93
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 117 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical22%
High4043%
Needs Review00%
Medium4043%
Low1112%
Info00%
Permissions requested
6 risky permissions of 9 total
6 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 9 permissions in total. 6 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
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Block and modify web requests
Can intercept, block, or modify any network request before it completes
High
Filter responses
Can filter and modify HTTP response bodies
High
Access all HTTP sites
Can read and modify content on all non-encrypted websites
High
Access all HTTPS sites
Can read and modify content on all encrypted websites
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Info
file:///*
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