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Translate for Chrome -Translator, Dictionary

Version 1.0.4 View in Chrome Web Store

Last scanned: about 2 hours ago

Extension Details

Rating: 4.7 ★ (694 ratings)

Users: 500,000

Context-Aware Verdict

HIGH

Overall Risk

Trust Factors: The extension has a solid user base of 500,000 users and maintains a strong 4.7-star rating from 694 reviews, suggesting generally positive user experiences. The translation and dictionary functionality appears legitimate based on user feedback. However, the lack of visible developer information raises some transparency concerns.

Concerns: The primary security concern is the combination of broad host permissions with tabs access, creating an overly permissive setup for a translation tool. The <all_urls> host permission allows the extension to access content on every website you visit, while the tabs permission enables it to monitor and manipulate your browsing tabs. For a translation extension, these permissions seem excessive - most translation tools only need access to specific text content rather than comprehensive site access and tab control. The contextMenus and storage permissions are reasonable for this type of functionality.

Recommendations: Consider running this extension in a separate Chrome profile dedicated to translation tasks to limit exposure of your primary browsing data. Alternatively, look for translation extensions with more restrictive permissions that only request access to specific sites when needed. Monitor the extension's behavior and disable it when not actively translating content. Review what data the extension might be collecting and storing locally through its storage permission.

Findings

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: tabs

This extension has the tabs permission. Can access browser tab information and manipulate tabs. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: contextMenus

This extension has the contextMenus permission. Can add items to the context menu.

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: storage

This extension has the storage permission. Can store data locally.

Security Analysis Details

Required Permissions:

contextMenus
storage
tabs

Host Permissions:

<all_urls>

Embedded URLs (25 total):

http://fontawesome.io	http://fontawesome.io/license
http://jqueryui.com	http://jqueryui.com/themeroller/?bgShadowXPos=&bgOverlayXPos=&bgErrorXPos=&bgHighlightXPos=&bgContentXPos=&bgHeaderXPos=&bgActiveXPos=&bgHoverXPos=&bgDefaultXPos=&bgShadowYPos=&bgOverlayYPos=&bgErrorYPos=&bgHighlightYPos=&bgContentYPos=&bgHeaderYPos=&bgActiveYPos=&bgHoverYPos=&bgDefaultYPos=&bgShadowRepeat=&bgOverlayRepeat=&bgErrorRepeat=&bgHighlightRepeat=&bgContentRepeat=&bgHeaderRepeat=&bgActiveRepeat=&bgHoverRepeat=&bgDefaultRepeat=&iconsHover=url
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd	http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink	https://sketch.com
https://backenster.com/api/app/config	https://lingvanex.com/v2/api/user/favorites?limit=9999&platform=
https://lingvanex.com/v2/api/user/favorite	https://lingvanex.com/v2/api/user/favorite/
https://backenster.com/v2/api/v3/parseImage?platform=android&compose=true	https://accounts.google.com/
https://console.firebase.google.com/	https://console.cloud.google.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/	https://backenster.com/v2/api/v3/translate/
https://backenster.com/translateWebpageAPI	https://translate.googleapis.com/translate_a/single?dt=t&dt=bd&dt=qc&dt=rm&dt=ex
https://backenster.com/v2/api/v3/textToSpeech	https://backenster.com/v2/api/v3/getLexicalMeaning
https://backenster.com/v2/api/v3/getSentencesByWord	https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans&display=swap
https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

Raw Manifest

{
  "name": "__MSG_appName__",
  "icons": {
    "16": "helpers/icons/icon280.png",
    "48": "helpers/icons/icon280.png",
    "128": "helpers/icons/icon280.png",
    "256": "helpers/icons/icon280.png"
  },
  "action": {
    "default_icon": "helpers/icons/icon280.png",
    "default_popup": "popupView/html/popup.html",
    "default_title": "Translator"
  },
  "version": "1.0.4",
  "background": {
    "service_worker": "js/bg.js"
  },
  "short_name": "__MSG_appName__",
  "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
  "description": "__MSG_appDesc__",
  "permissions": [
    "contextMenus",
    "storage",
    "tabs"
  ],
  "default_locale": "en",
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "js": [
        "js/libs/jquery.js",
        "js/translateContent.js",
        "js/libs/jquery-ui.js",
        "js/libs/jquery-switch.js",
        "js/translate.js",
        "popupView/js/smallTranslateHelper.js",
        "js/content.js"
      ],
      "css": [
        "helpers/css/main.css",
        "helpers/css/jquery-switch.css",
        "helpers/css/jquery-ui.css",
        "helpers/css/frame.css"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_end",
      "matches": [
        "http://*/*",
        "https://*/*"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "host_permissions": [
    "<all_urls>"
  ],
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "web_accessible_resources": [
    {
      "matches": [
        "<all_urls>"
      ],
      "resources": [
        "helpers/icons/*",
        "popupView/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

by ✦ Astarte

Translate for Chrome -Translator, Dictionary

Extension Details

Context-Aware Verdict

Findings

Security Analysis Details

Required Permissions:

Host Permissions:

Embedded URLs (25 total):

Raw Manifest

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