SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
PubMedX
Firefox extension·by Emuyn LLC
83
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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
PubMedX's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
82.53%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
72.53%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
12
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
1
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
8
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 12 distinct issues across 6 severities
12
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 16 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High18%
Needs Review00%
Medium1192%
Low00%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 8 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Info
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://www.mendeley.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://www.emuyn.net/*
No additional information available.
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