SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Research papers assistant
Firefox extension·by SEM-DEV, Inc.
96
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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How it ranks
Research papers assistant's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
81%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,149 extensions
In Search Tools
57%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 16,529 search tools extensions
Findings
3
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
29
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 3 distinct issues across 6 severities
3
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium267%
Low133%
Info00%
Permissions requested
29 permissions declared
No risky permissions
29 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Info
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://arc.aiaa.org/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://www.degruyter.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://www.emerald.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://nature.com/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Sep 15, 2026
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