Extension Details
Developer:
rss.app
Rating:
4.6 ★
(11 ratings)
Users:
4,000
Context-Aware Verdict
This section provides a Claude-based AI analysis that applies additional context to the risk. Results are not guaranteed to be accurate.
HIGH
Overall Risk
Trust Factors: The extension has a decent rating of 4.6 stars and is developed by rss.app, which appears to be a legitimate RSS service provider. However, with only 4,000 users and just 11 reviews, the user base is relatively small, making it harder to assess long-term reliability. The specific purpose of finding RSS feed URLs is legitimate and useful.
Concerns: The extension requests overly broad permissions that seem excessive for its stated purpose. The webNavigation permission allows comprehensive tracking of your browsing activity across all websites, which goes beyond what's needed to simply find RSS feeds. The broad host permissions (https://*/*) grant access to all secure websites you visit, creating potential for data harvesting. The storage permission, while less concerning, allows the extension to retain information locally. For an RSS feed finder, these permissions appear unnecessarily invasive.
Recommendations: Consider running this extension in a separate Chrome profile to isolate it from your main browsing activities. Before installing, evaluate whether you truly need automated RSS feed discovery or if manual methods would suffice. If you proceed with installation, regularly review what data the extension might be collecting and consider removing it when not actively needed. Look for alternative RSS feed finders with more restrictive permissions, or use browser bookmarklets that don't require persistent permissions.
Findings
This section provides a detailed analysis of the extension's security posture, without broader context. Assumes worst-case impact.
HIGH
Broad Host Permissions
This extension has broad host permissions allowing it to access many or all websites. This could potentially be used to steal sensitive data or track browsing activity.
HIGH
High-Risk Permission: webNavigation
This extension has the webNavigation permission. Can track your web navigation. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.
MEDIUM
Medium-Risk Permission: storage
This extension has the storage permission. Can store data locally.
Security Analysis Details
Required Permissions:
- scripting
- storage
- webNavigation
Host Permissions:
- https://*/*
Embedded URLs (22 total):
| https://feross.org/opensource | https://feross.org | |
| http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml | http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML | |
| http://www.w3.org/2000/svg | http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink | |
| http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace | http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/ | |
| http://www.ibm.com/data/dtd/v11/ibmxhtml1-transitional.dtd | https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx | |
| https://rss.app | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_literals#ES2018_revision_of_illegal_escape_sequences | |
| https://github.com/emotion-js/emotion/tree/main/packages/react | https://mui.com/production-error/?code= | |
| http://fb.me/use-check-prop-types | https://example.com | |
| https://mths.be/punycode | http://mths.be/fromcodepoint | |
| https://reactjs.org/docs/error-decoder.html?invariant= | https://rss.app/rss-feed?url= | |
| https://rss.app/rss-feed/rss-builder?url= | https://fonts.cdnfonts.com/css/open-sans |
Raw Manifest
{ "name": "RSS Feed URL Finder", "icons": { "16": "icon16.plasmo.00ac8b83.png", "32": "icon32.plasmo.9ad0c5b6.png", "48": "icon48.plasmo.cae3a6b3.png", "64": "icon64.plasmo.e4b604fc.png", "128": "icon128.plasmo.b89b7dfa.png" }, "action": { "default_icon": { "16": "icon16.plasmo.00ac8b83.png", "32": "icon32.plasmo.9ad0c5b6.png", "48": "icon48.plasmo.cae3a6b3.png", "64": "icon64.plasmo.e4b604fc.png", "128": "icon128.plasmo.b89b7dfa.png" }, "default_popup": "popup.html" }, "author": "https://rss.app", "version": "1.0.3", "background": { "service_worker": "background.5fadff2f.js" }, "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "description": "Easily find RSS feed URL of any website", "permissions": [ "scripting", "storage", "webNavigation" ], "host_permissions": [ "https://*/*" ], "manifest_version": 3 }
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