SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
HotSwap for Claude
Chrome extension·by Saudi Software Development
0
/ 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
HotSwap for Claude's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
23%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Privacy & Security
17%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,537 privacy & security extensions
Findings
24
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
6
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 24 distinct issues across 6 severities
24
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High313%
Needs Review00%
Medium1771%
Low417%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 6 total
4 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
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
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 23, 2026
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