SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Ad Bear
Firefox extension·by Jo
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
Ad Bear's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
8%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Privacy & Security
5%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,537 privacy & security extensions
Findings
17
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 17 distinct issues across 6 severities
17
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 18 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical212%
High424%
Needs Review00%
Medium1165%
Low00%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 8 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
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
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
Medium
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
Medium
DNS resolution
Can perform DNS lookups
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 12, 2026
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