SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker
Firefox extension·by Ghostery
0
/ 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
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
44.91%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
34.91%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
120
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
8
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
17
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 120 distinct issues across 6 severities
120
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 123 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High87%
Needs Review00%
Medium8672%
Low2622%
Info00%
Permissions requested
8 risky permissions of 17 total
8 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 17 permissions in total. 8 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
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
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Block and modify web requests
Can intercept, block, or modify any network request before it completes
High
Access all HTTP sites
Can read and modify content on all non-encrypted websites
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
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Medium
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Info
ws://*/*
No additional information available.
Info
wss://*/*
No additional information available.
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