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ZoomSelling - аналитика по Uzum Market

Version 1.8.15 View in Chrome Web Store

Last scanned: about 5 hours ago

Extension Details

Developer: zoomselling.io
Rating: 5.0 ★ (7 ratings)
Users: 4,000

Context-Aware Verdict

HIGH
Overall Risk
Trust Factors:

The extension has a perfect 5.0 rating but with only 7 reviews, which is insufficient to establish credibility. With 4,000 users, it has moderate adoption but lacks transparency regarding the developer's identity and company information. The extension targets Uzum Market analytics, which is a legitimate business use case for e-commerce sellers.

Concerns:

The extension requests excessive permissions that far exceed what's necessary for Uzum Market analytics. The webRequest permission allows intercepting and modifying all web traffic, while the broad host permissions (<all_urls>) grant access to every website you visit, not just Uzum-related domains. The tabs permission enables monitoring of all browser tabs, and tabCapture can record screen content. These capabilities combined create significant privacy and security risks, as the extension could potentially steal login credentials, financial information, or track browsing behavior across all websites.

Recommendations:

Given the high-risk permissions that seem disproportionate to the stated functionality, consider running this extension in a separate Chrome profile dedicated only to Uzum Market activities. Alternatively, look for alternative analytics tools with more limited permissions. If you must use this extension, regularly audit what data it might be collecting and consider using it only when actively working on Uzum Market tasks, disabling it otherwise.

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.
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: activeTab
This extension has the activeTab permission. Can access the active tab when clicking the extension icon.
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.