SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
browser markdown
Firefox extension·by Jay Suthar
73
/ 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
browser markdown's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
20%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,522 extensions
In Alerts & Updates
7%of alerts & updates extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 7,090 alerts & updates extensions
Findings
61
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
4
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
14
median 1vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 61 distinct issues across 6 severities
61
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 66 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical47%
High12%
Needs Review00%
Medium2643%
Low2948%
Info12%
Permissions requested
8 permissions declared
No risky permissions
8 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
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
*://*/*.markdown*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*/*.md*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*/*.mkd*
No additional information available.
Info
file:///*.markdown*
No additional information available.
Info
file:///*.md*
No additional information available.
Info
file:///*.mkd*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 9, 2026
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