SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
ProWritingAid
Firefox extension·by ProWritingAid
0
/ 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
ProWritingAid's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
3%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Social & Communication
1%of social & communication extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,741 social & communication extensions
Findings
44
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
9
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
2347
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 44 distinct issues across 6 severities
44
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 53 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical37%
High37%
Needs Review00%
Medium2659%
Low1227%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 9 total
4 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 9 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
Access all HTTP sites
Can read and modify content on all non-encrypted websites
High
Access all HTTPS sites
Can read and modify content on all encrypted websites
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Read clipboard
Can read text and data currently on your clipboard
Medium
Write to clipboard
Can place content onto your clipboard
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Info
*://docs.google.com/document/*
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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