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Risk Score
2.70
Risk Level:
Low
Recommendation:
🟢 LOW RISK — review
Top Risks
- Privacy policy is generic Google account policy — not scoped to this extension; admits data collection and 3rd-party sharing (Privacy=10.0).
- Brand impersonation: 'gitlab' mentioned but developer is unverified gmail user with no confirmed ownership.
- Developer uses free webmail (gmail) with no business domain, elevating reputation risk.
- Three innerHTML DOM-XSS sinks found across side-panel JS files; no CSP present to mitigate.
- install_url_hijack flag is true — onInstalled may open a 3rd-party URL.
Evidence
- brand_impersonation store brand_mention.is_impersonation=true for 'gitlab'; developer is omarsarhan@gmail.com, confirmed_owner=false.
- free_webmail_developer store Developer email is omarsarhan@gmail.com (gmail); no business domain present.
- generic_privacy_policy store Privacy policy URL is myaccount.google.com/privacypolicy — Google's own policy, scope_extension=false, data_collection=true, third_party_sharing=true.
- dom_xss_sinks crx 3 files contain innerHTML assignments from user-controlled variables; no CSP present to limit impact.
- no_csp manifest content_security_policy is null (MV3 default applies but no explicit restriction).
- install_url_hijack crx install_url_hijack=true; install_url_target=null (target not captured but flag set).
- featured_by_google store is_featured_by_google=true; partial positive signal but does not override impersonation/privacy concerns.
- no_host_permissions manifest host_permissions=[] and content_scripts_matches=[] — extension does not request broad site access.
Permissions Breakdown
- sidePanel low Shows a side panel UI; no data access on its own.
- storage low Local extension storage only; low standalone risk.
Pillar Scores
Permissions0.60
Reputation7.50
Network2.00
Webstore4.50
Maintenance0.00
Privacy10.00
Code Quality2.00
CVE Exposure0.00
Bookkeeping
Rubric v3.6
Scored at 2026-06-16 07:52
Listing SHA
4ee85f3047af…
Force block
— not fired
Score recovered
no
Elapsed
23.2s