SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Ahrefs SEO Toolbar
Firefox extension·by Ahrefs
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
Ahrefs SEO Toolbar's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
7%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Search Tools
2%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 15,409 search tools extensions
Findings
50
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
7
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
4660
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 50 distinct issues across 6 severities
50
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 86 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical24%
High714%
Needs Review00%
Medium3264%
Low612%
Info36%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 7 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 7 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
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
Medium
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
Info
*://*/*
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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