SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

Scribbr Citation Generator

Firefox extension·by Warren

/ 100 SAFETY SCORE

RISKY

Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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

Scribbr Citation Generator's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned

Globally

1%of extensions carry more risk

This extension

Riskier ←→ Safer

Ranked against 402,748 extensions

In Language Support

1%of language support extensions carry more risk

This extension

Riskier ←→ Safer

Ranked against 4,503 language support extensions

Findings

267

median 5Lower is safer

Critical findings

median 0Severity = Critical

Permissions

median 3Declared in manifest

Active users

114

median 3vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 267 distinct issues across 6 severities

267

distinct issues
detected

Scanners reported 276 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Critical41%

High156%

Needs Review00%

Medium21179%

Low3513%

Info21%

Permissions requested

4 risky permissions of 34 total

4 high-risk permissions require attention

This extension requests 34 permissions in total. 4 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

High

View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High

Access all HTTPS sites

Can read and modify content on all encrypted websites

High

Access all HTTP sites

Can read and modify content on all non-encrypted websites

Medium

Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium

Access user identity

Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity

Low