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SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

QR Code Scanner & Generator

Firefox extension·by Chitranjan Kumar Gupta
76
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

QR Code Scanner & Generator's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
30%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,277 extensions
In Productivity
47%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 7,682 productivity extensions
Findings
18
median 18Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
669
median 114vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 18 distinct issues across 6 severities
18
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 19 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 6 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 1 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

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

Medium
Write to clipboard

Can place content onto your clipboard

Medium
Read clipboard

Can read text and data currently on your clipboard

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