SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Glossing
Chrome extension
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CRITICAL
Severe indicators. Treat as unsafe until the developer addresses these findings.
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
Glossing's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
0%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
0%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
214
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 214 distinct issues across 6 severities
214
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical31%
High42%
Needs Review00%
Medium19893%
Low94%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 6 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
Low
Use side panel
Can display content in the browser side panel
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 22, 2026
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