SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

TabVPN

Firefox extension·by SPYder4
71
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

TabVPN's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
15%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,596 extensions
In Privacy & Security
11%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,550 privacy & security extensions
Findings
18
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
10
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 18 distinct issues across 6 severities
18
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

7 risky permissions of 10 total
2 critical permissions require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 7 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps

Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer

Critical
Access to all websites

Can read and modify content on every website you visit

High
Access browser cookies

Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions

High
Control proxy settings

Can route your browser traffic through a proxy server

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Medium
Container tabs

Can manage Firefox container tabs and their identities

Medium
Monitor navigation

Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Sep 27, 2026
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