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Citationsy - Cite Websites and Papers

Chrome extension·by Citationsy Ltd
56
/ 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 6 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.

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

Citationsy - Cite Websites and Papers's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
57%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
72%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 8,187 productivity extensions
Findings
10
median 18Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
7000
median 89vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 10 distinct issues across 6 severities
10
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 3 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Execute scripts in pages

Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages

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

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