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Risk Score
5.30
Risk Level:
Medium
Recommendation:
🟡 MEDIUM RISK — review
Top Risks
- Privacy policy is Google's generic account policy — not scoped to this extension, admits data collection and 3rd-party sharing (D rule: +10.0).
- Extension last updated June 2023 (36 months ago) — at stale threshold with no active maintenance.
- Brand impersonation flag: mentions 'github' in name/description with confirmed_owner=false and no verified publisher.
- No developer name listed; email uses personal domain with no 'Offered by' verification.
- MV3 no CSP: +2.0 network penalty applied per v2 calibration fix (b).
Evidence
- privacy_policy_generic store Policy URL is myaccount.google.com; scope_extension=false, data_collection=true, third_party_sharing=true → +10.0 privacy (rule D).
- brand_impersonation store brand_mention.is_impersonation=true, brands=['github'], confirmed_owner=false, not verified_publisher → +2.0 reputation.
- maintenance_stale store months_since_update=36; hits 24-36mo band → +8.5 maintenance pillar.
- no_developer_name manifest developer_name is empty string; no 'Offered by' display → +1.0 reputation.
- no_csp_mv3 manifest content_security_policy=null on MV3 → +2.0 network per v2 fix (b).
- code_clean crx code_findings_raw empty, obfuscation_score=0.0, js_external_hosts empty → code quality 0.0.
- no_cve crx cve_findings_raw empty, no bundled libraries detected → CVE pillar 0.0.
- low_install_count store Only 54 installs; no install anomaly flags set; tail-attack-surface false.
Permissions Breakdown
- activeTab low Scoped to user-initiated action on current tab only; minimal surface.
- scripting medium Allows JS injection into pages; paired with activeTab limits scope but still executable.
- content_scripts: https://github.com/* low Narrow host match; limited to GitHub only, matches stated function.
Pillar Scores
Permissions1.30
Reputation7.00
Network2.00
Webstore2.00
Maintenance8.50
Privacy10.00
Code Quality0.00
CVE Exposure0.00
Bookkeeping
Rubric v3.6
Scored at 2026-06-16 07:48
Listing SHA
edb2a1933594…
Force block
— not fired
Score recovered
no
Elapsed
20.8s