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Recipe Search for Chrome™

Version 1.0.2709.0 View in Chrome Web Store

Last scanned: about 1 year ago | force re-scan

Extension Details

Developer: thesqout.com

Rating: 4.8 ★

Size: 1.13MiB

Last Updated: February 13, 2025

Users: 20,000

Context-Aware Verdict

HIGH

Overall Risk

Trust Factors:

- The extension has a relatively high number of users (20,000), which suggests some level of trust from the user community.

- The developer's website (thesqout.com) appears to be a legitimate domain, although there is no additional information provided about the company or developer.

Concerns:

- The extension requests several high-risk permissions, such as tabs, webRequest, and cookies, which could potentially be misused to compromise security and privacy.

- The broad <all_urls> host permission raises concerns about the extension's ability to access and potentially track browsing activity across all websites.

- The extension's description is vague and does not provide sufficient context for the requested permissions.

Recommendations:

- Exercise caution when installing this extension, as it has been flagged as a high-risk extension due to its broad permissions and potential security implications.

- Consider running the extension in a separate Chrome profile or a sandboxed environment to isolate it from your main browsing activity.

- Closely monitor the extension's behavior and network activity for any suspicious activities.

- If possible, seek alternative extensions from reputable developers that offer similar functionality with fewer permissions or better transparency about their data handling practices.

- Regularly review and remove any unnecessary extensions from your browser to minimize potential security risks.

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: cookies

This extension has the cookies permission. Can access and modify browser cookies. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.

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.

HIGH

High-Risk Permission: webRequest

This extension has the webRequest permission. Can intercept and modify web requests. 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: notifications

This extension has the notifications permission. Can show notifications.

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: storage

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

Security Analysis Details

Required Permissions:

contextMenus
tabs
scripting
storage
alarms
webRequest
notifications
idle
cookies

Host Permissions:

<all_urls>

Content Security Policy:

extension_pages: script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'

Embedded URLs (21 total):

https://searchsqout.com	https://thesqout.com
https://ext.searchsqout.com	https://ext.sqouterr.com
https://thesqout.com/feedback.html	http://unknow.com
https://ext.searchsqout.com/src/background.js.fcc9bcac443a469c92e1.map	https://ext.searchsqout.com/src/style.css.fcc9bcac443a469c92e1.map
https://npms.io/search?q=ponyfill.	https://reactjs.org/docs/error-decoder.html?invariant=
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink	http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml	http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML
http://www.w3.org/2000/svg	https://github.com/webpack-contrib/style-loader#insertat
https://ext.searchsqout.com/src/index.js.fcc9bcac443a469c92e1.map	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
https://ext.searchsqout.com/api/ext/suggest?sqrs&q=	https://search.searchsqout.com/?dsq&yh&sqrs&q=
https://searchsqout.com/extfavicon.ico

Raw Manifest

{
  "name": "Recipe Search for Chrome™",
  "icons": {
    "16": "icons/icon16.png",
    "48": "icons/icon48.png",
    "128": "icons/icon128.png"
  },
  "action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "icons/icon16.png",
      "48": "icons/icon48.png",
      "128": "icons/icon128.png"
    },
    "default_popup": "popup.html",
    "default_title": "Recipe Search for Chrome™"
  },
  "version": "1.0.2709.0",
  "background": {
    "service_worker": "background.js"
  },
  "short_name": "Recipe Search for Chrome™",
  "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
  "description": "Effortlessly search for recipes.",
  "permissions": [
    "contextMenus",
    "tabs",
    "scripting",
    "storage",
    "alarms",
    "webRequest",
    "notifications",
    "idle",
    "cookies"
  ],
  "host_permissions": [
    "<all_urls>"
  ],
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "content_security_policy": {
    "extension_pages": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'"
  },
  "web_accessible_resources": [
    {
      "matches": [
        "<all_urls>"
      ],
      "resources": [
        "wa.png"
      ],
      "extension_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "chrome_settings_overrides": {
    "search_provider": {
      "name": "sQout",
      "keyword": "sQout",
      "encoding": "UTF-8",
      "is_default": true,
      "search_url": "https://search.searchsqout.com/?dsq&yh&sqrs&q={searchTerms}",
      "favicon_url": "https://searchsqout.com/extfavicon.ico",
      "instant_url": "",
      "suggest_url": "https://ext.searchsqout.com/api/ext/suggest?sqrs&q={searchTerms}",
      "alternate_urls": [],
      "search_url_post_params": "",
      "instant_url_post_params": "",
      "suggest_url_post_params": ""
    }
  }
}

by ✦ Astarte

Recipe Search for Chrome™

Extension Details

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Embedded URLs (21 total):

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