SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
PDF Scholar
Chrome extension
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
PDF Scholar's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
7%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 368,615 extensions
In Productivity
9%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,125 productivity extensions
Findings
50
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 50 distinct issues across 6 severities
50
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 54 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical36%
High714%
Needs Review00%
Medium3060%
Low918%
Info12%
Permissions requested
2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 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
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 13, 2026
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