SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
YouTube™ Caption Downloader
Chrome extension
70
/ 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
YouTube™ Caption Downloader's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
8%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,885 extensions
In Productivity
9%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 202,459 productivity extensions
Findings
28
median 17Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
32
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 28 distinct issues across 6 severities
28
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical14%
High414%
Needs Review00%
Medium2382%
Low00%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 22, 2026
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