SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

PaperLens

Firefox extension·by Yisigao Tech
74
/ 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

PaperLens's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
22%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 401,999 extensions
In Search Tools
8%of search tools extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 16,585 search tools extensions
Findings
134
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
84
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
2
median 2vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 134 distinct issues across 6 severities
134
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 148 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

84 permissions declared
No risky permissions
84 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Info
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://api.semanticscholar.org/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://api.openalex.org/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://api.crossref.org/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://api.litlink.cc/*

No additional information available.

Info
*://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

No additional information available.

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