SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
arXiv Booster
Firefox extension·by Arindam Bhunia
83
/ 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 Booster's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
49%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,632 extensions
In Appearance
21%of appearance extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 18,905 appearance extensions
Findings
19
median 3Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
1
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 19 distinct issues across 6 severities
19
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 20 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium1789%
Low211%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 permissions declared
No risky permissions
3 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
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Info
https://arxiv.org/abs/*
No additional information available.
Info
https://arxiv.org/pdf/*
No additional information available.
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