SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

Paper Retriever Browser Ext.

Firefox extension·by CJE Enterprises (spinout of the Borges Lab at ASU)

/ 100 SAFETY SCORE

RISKY

Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

Paper Retriever Browser Ext.'s safety score vs every other extension we've scanned

Globally

7%of extensions carry more risk

This extension

Riskier ←→ Safer

Ranked against 397,522 extensions

In Other

2%of other extensions carry more risk

This extension

Riskier ←→ Safer

Ranked against 28,705 other extensions

Findings

median 3Lower is safer

Critical findings

median 0Severity = Critical

Permissions

median 3Declared in manifest

Active users

median 2vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 60 distinct issues across 6 severities

distinct issues
detected

Critical12%

High58%

Needs Review00%

Medium3050%

Low2440%

Info00%

Permissions requested

4 risky permissions of 25 total

1 critical permission require attention

This extension requests 25 permissions in total. 4 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

Manage downloads

Can initiate downloads and access your download history

High

Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

High

View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium

Access user identity

Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity

Medium

Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Medium