Bright VPN - Secure Private & Free VPN Proxy

Version 1.648.366 View in Chrome Web Store

Last scanned: 1 day ago | force re-scan

Extension Details

Developer: Bright Data Ltd

Rating: 3.6 ★ (436 ratings)

Users: 30,000

Context-Aware Verdict

MEDIUM

Overall Risk

Based on 2 total findings, including 1 high-risk finding.

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.

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: storage

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

Security Analysis Details

Required Permissions:

storage
nativeMessaging

Host Permissions:

https://perr.brightvpn.com/*

Embedded URLs (47 total):

https://npms.io/search?q=ponyfill.	https://perr.brightvpn.com/perr
https://client.brightvpn.com/ext_uninstall	https://lodash.com/
https://openjsf.org/	https://lodash.com/license
http://underscorejs.org/LICENSE	http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
https://perr.brightvpn.com/	http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace
https://gist.github.com/DavidWells/18e73022e723037a50d6	http://fb.me/use-check-prop-types
https://reactjs.org/docs/error-decoder.html?invariant=	http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML	https://fb.me/react-async-component-lifecycle-hooks
https://reactjs.org/link/react-polyfills	https://git.io/JUIaE#
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fbffombkfihfokifmkihbddiafipndnb	https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/elbjgikfbbdgjgbhneoabmkgbpmdfmkg
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bright-vpn/	https://brightvpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/brightvpn-128.png
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/bright-vpn-secure-private-and-free-vpn/	https://cdn.brightvpn.com/static
https://client.brightvpn.com/	https://client.brightvpn.com
https://brightvpn.com	https://brightdata.com
https://brightvpn.com/faq#can-i-control-when-my-device-will-be-used	https://brightvpn.com/faq#can-i-see-and-control-which-sites-are-accessed-from-my-pc
https://brightvpn.com/faq#can-i-choose-which-kind-of-data-may-be-collected-using-my-ip	https://brightvpn.com/faq#how-to-i-uninstall-brightvpn
https://brightvpn.com/faq#introduction-to-brightvpn	https://brightvpn.com/faq#something-went-wrong
https://brightvpn.com/faq#general-troubleshooting	https://brightvpn.com/legal/privacy
https://brightvpn.com/legal/sla	https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bright-vpn-secure-private/fbffombkfihfokifmkihbddiafipndnb
https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/bright-vpn-secure-priv/elbjgikfbbdgjgbhneoabmkgbpmdfmkg	https://brightvpn.com/bright-vpn-extension-downloaded
https://brightdata.com/static/BrightVPN-android-latest.apk	https://bright-sdk.com/users#what-do-you-mean-by-web-indexing
https://brightvpn.com/faq#handle-vpn-connection-error-	http://jedwatson.github.io/classnames
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Raw Manifest

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  "key": "MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAq0nwRLkSjFNKjsOdL3cpRodwAJ/XhOXvCYA52fw0swo2rZMvqtriu4woSK6MGZERZ4CxD/hCobC5dgWb4Nz8Ty6RsyCUPzywqnVJ8D3+m0XU7dw+eOv+Mt+BBnLSt2y3kZfmfVAHAiYXMZ9eGFBZ72cGIIYFyFoyY0Oa/H5DOjm8GEtIzBA9TtlVHuDLGwVT/PwhyJM+qsLe3JatUufq+hnXhaunL//PzR9nAivf0dpQsO/79hpCrqSTXZayUBH0cfBLDcu9p888+F8O5T3Ww/hatrerJIV4CeJIFkXEd4Yi8VMH+3grwxJQQQtclqqEktp+BtFWf3AneUsBoRB3XQIDAQAB",
  "name": "__MSG_ext_name__",
  "icons": {
    "16": "img/icon16.png",
    "48": "img/icon48.png",
    "128": "img/icon128.png"
  },
  "action": {
    "default_popup": "popup.html",
    "default_title": "Bright VPN"
  },
  "version": "1.648.366",
  "background": {
    "service_worker": "bg.js"
  },
  "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
  "description": "__MSG_ext_description__",
  "permissions": [
    "storage",
    "nativeMessaging"
  ],
  "default_locale": "en",
  "host_permissions": [
    "https://perr.brightvpn.com/*"
  ],
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "minimum_chrome_version": "88"
}

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