SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Academic Writing Assistant
Firefox extension·by Rhianna Massey
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Academic Writing Assistant's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
19%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,710 extensions
In Other
7%of other extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 20,224 other extensions
Findings
14
median 3Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
0
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 14 findings across 5 severities
14
findings
detected
detected
Critical17%
High00%
Medium1286%
Low17%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
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
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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