SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

ExtractNews

Firefox extension·by Yoshinori Kawagita
57
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

Likely abandonedsafety score reduced by 30 points

  • No update in over 5 years
  • Built on Manifest V2, which Chrome and Edge are retiring
Why this matters

An unmaintained extension keeps whatever flaws it shipped with, and a listing with users but no owner is an attractive target to buy and repurpose.

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How it ranks

ExtractNews's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
57%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,277 extensions
In News & Weather
52%of news & weather extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 313 news & weather extensions
Findings
8
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
18
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
2
median 33vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 8 distinct issues across 6 severities
8
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 18 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 18 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites

Can read and modify content on every website you visit

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Info
https://www.yahoo.com/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://news.yahoo.com/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://finance.yahoo.com/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://money.yahoo.com/*

No additional information available.

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