SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
PDownloader
Firefox extension·by Huynh Mai
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
PDownloader's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
16%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Download Management
9%of download management extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 4,307 download management extensions
Findings
17
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
11
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 9vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 17 distinct issues across 6 severities
17
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 19 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical16%
High424%
Needs Review00%
Medium1059%
Low212%
Info00%
Permissions requested
5 risky permissions of 11 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 11 permissions in total. 5 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
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
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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
Info
*://*.instagram.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.youtube.com/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 23, 2026
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