SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Proxven — Proxy Switcher
Chrome extension·by Dan Du
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
Proxven — Proxy Switcher'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
36
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
10
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
3
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 36 distinct issues across 6 severities
36
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 37 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical26%
High822%
Needs Review00%
Medium2261%
Low38%
Info13%
Permissions requested
6 risky permissions of 10 total
6 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 6 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Control proxy settings
Can route your browser traffic through a proxy server
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Auth request provider
Can provide authentication credentials for web requests
High
Control privacy settings
Can modify browser privacy settings like Do Not Track and safe browsing
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
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
Low
Use side panel
Can display content in the browser side panel
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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