SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
New Tab with chatGPT for Edge
Edge extension·by Duncan Padberg
62
/ 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
New Tab with chatGPT for Edge's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
7%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,522 extensions
In Entertainment
8%of entertainment extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 4,273 entertainment extensions
Findings
60
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
4
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 0Declared in manifest
Active users
425
median 53vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 60 distinct issues across 6 severities
60
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 69 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical47%
High1118%
Needs Review00%
Medium3558%
Low712%
Info35%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 5 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 3 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
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
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