SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Academia Co-Scientist
Firefox extension·by Developers Academia
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
Academia Co-Scientist's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
7%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Search Tools
2%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 15,409 search tools extensions
Findings
78
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
2
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 78 distinct issues across 6 severities
78
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical11%
High56%
Needs Review00%
Medium6685%
Low68%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 8 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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
Info
https://docs.google.com/document/d/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/*
No additional information available.
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