SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Papers by ReadCube
Chrome extension·by Digital Science
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
Papers by ReadCube's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
4%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,712 extensions
In Productivity
12%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 2,141 productivity extensions
Findings
72
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
50000
median 899vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 72 findings across 5 severities
72
findings
detected
detected
Critical34%
High2738%
Medium3447%
Low57%
Info34%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 6 total
4 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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