SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
ScAuthor: Research Tracker
Firefox extension·by ScAuthor
89
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
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
ScAuthor: Research Tracker's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
62%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Tabs
35%of tabs extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,598 tabs extensions
Findings
16
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
14
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
0
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 16 distinct issues across 6 severities
16
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium425%
Low1275%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 14 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 14 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Info
https://scauthor.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://*.scauthor.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://*.elsevier.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://*.springer.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://*.wiley.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://*.nature.com/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Sep 20, 2026
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