SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

Research Watchdog for Zotero

Firefox extension·by FJanasz

/ 100 SAFETY SCORE

EXCELLENT

Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.

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

Research Watchdog for Zotero's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned

Globally

98.74%of extensions carry more risk

This extension

Riskier ←→ Safer

Ranked across every extension we scan

In its category

88.74%of its category extensions carry more risk

This extension

Riskier ←→ Safer

Ranked within its category

Findings

median 38Lower is safer

Risky permissions

median 1Critical + high perms

Total permissions

median 4All declared perms

Critical findings

median 2Severity = Critical

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 2 distinct issues across 6 severities

distinct issues
detected

Critical00%

High00%

Needs Review00%

Medium150%

Low150%

Info00%

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 10 total

1 high-risk permission require attention

This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.

High

View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium

Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium