SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Download with yt-dlp
Firefox extension·by yupa
76
/ 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
Download with yt-dlp's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
28%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Photos Music Videos
13%of photos music videos extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,181 photos music videos extensions
Findings
9
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 6vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 9 distinct issues across 6 severities
9
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical222%
High111%
Needs Review00%
Medium556%
Low111%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 4 total
2 critical permissions require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 2 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
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 9, 2026
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