SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
GESIS Surf
Firefox extension·by GESIS Surf
84
/ 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
GESIS Surf's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
53%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,560 extensions
In Tabs
33%of tabs extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,641 tabs extensions
Findings
18
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
151
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 18 distinct issues across 6 severities
18
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High317%
Needs Review00%
Medium1161%
Low211%
Info211%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 6 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Access all HTTP sites
Can read and modify content on all non-encrypted websites
High
Access all HTTPS sites
Can read and modify content on all encrypted websites
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 21, 2026
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