SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
arXiv Enhancer
Firefox extension·by Edenouest
76
/ 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
arXiv Enhancer's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
29%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,380 extensions
In Search Tools
11%of search tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 16,560 search tools extensions
Findings
17
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 2vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 17 distinct issues across 6 severities
17
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 27 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical212%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium1588%
Low00%
Info00%
Permissions requested
6 permissions declared
No risky permissions
6 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Info
https://arxiv.org/abs/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://arxiv.org/search/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://arxiv.org/list/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://arxiv.org/find/*
No additional information available.
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