Is "Highlight multiple keywords in a web page" on Chrome Web Store Safe to Install?
When you look for some information in many posts, articles, or announcements, it is handy to highlight relevant keywords in the web page contents. Now that it is trendy for the search engines to return inexact and irrelevant results, highlighting meaningful expressions saves time. A sample use case - searching for job offers in LinkedIn. >95% of search results do not contain the words used for the search. With this extension you do not need to read each post, you see immediately if it contains any keywords. Or imagine you search with Google. You want to highlight your keywords in the search results and the pages that open when you click the links. Or you need to black out some strings, such as you personal details, before taking screenshots. The extension is maximally simple to use. Enter once the keywords in the option page, and then click the extension icon whenever you look though the contents that are supposed to contain those text strings. To access the options, right click the extension's icon and then click options in the menu. By default the effect of the click on the extension's icon is lost on any navigation or refresh. You can choose in the options to reactivate highlighting automatically when navigation is from a page where highlighting was on. Note, highlights appear when a page is completely loaded. The extension is free and open source.
Risk Assessment
Analyzed35 security findings detected across all analyzers
Chrome extension requesting 4 permissions
Severity Breakdown
Finding Categories
YARA Rules Matched
6 rules(13 hits)Requested Permissions
4 permissionsAbout This Extension
Detailed Findings
14 totalYARA Rule Matches
6 rulesIndicators of Compromise
Network indicators, suspicious strings, and potential IoCs extracted during analysis
All Indicators · 21
detected IP: :: XIOC detected IP: ::
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detected Domain: firestore.googleapis.com XIOC detected Domain: firestore.googleapis.com
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detected URL: https://medium.com/@marian-caikovski/using-javascript-modules-in-content-scripts-and-extension-service-workers-e60e97979326 XIOC detected URL: https://medium.com/@marian-caikovski/using-javascript-modules-in-content-scripts-and-extension-service-workers-e60e97979326
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detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx XIOC detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
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detected URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/EXTENSION_ID/support XIOC detected URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/EXTENSION_ID/support
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detected URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/highlight-multiple-keywor/EXTENSION_ID XIOC detected URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/highlight-multiple-keywor/EXTENSION_ID
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detected URL: https://firestore.googleapis.com/v1/projects/$ XIOC detected URL: https://firestore.googleapis.com/v1/projects/$
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detected Domain: e.target XIOC detected Domain: e.target
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detected Domain: b.map XIOC detected Domain: b.map
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detected Domain: medium.com XIOC detected Domain: medium.com
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detected Domain: clients2.google.com XIOC detected Domain: clients2.google.com
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detected Domain: btn.show XIOC detected Domain: btn.show
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detected Domain: chromewebstore.google.com XIOC detected Domain: chromewebstore.google.com
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detected Domain: r.map XIOC detected Domain: r.map
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detected Domain: date.now XIOC detected Domain: date.now
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detected Domain: e.map XIOC detected Domain: e.map
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detected Domain: i.map XIOC detected Domain: i.map
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detected Domain: nodefilter.show XIOC detected Domain: nodefilter.show
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detected Domain: e.parentnode.host XIOC detected Domain: e.parentnode.host
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detected Domain: o.map XIOC detected Domain: o.map
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detected Domain: e.host XIOC detected Domain: e.host
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Security Analysis Summary
Security Analysis Overview
Highlight multiple keywords in a web page is a Chrome Web Store extension published by [email protected]. Version 0.0.12 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 47.23/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 35 security findings.
Risk Assessment
This extension presents moderate security risk. Several findings were detected that may warrant attention. Users should carefully review the permissions and findings before installation.
Findings Breakdown
- High: 13 finding(s)
- Medium: 22 finding(s)
What Was Analyzed
The security assessment covers multiple analysis categories:
- Malware Detection: YARA rule matching against 2,400+ malware signatures
- Secret Detection: Scanning for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
- Static Analysis: Code-level security analysis for common vulnerability patterns
- Network Analysis: Detection of suspicious network communications and endpoints
- Obfuscation Detection: Identification of code obfuscation techniques
Developer Information
Highlight multiple keywords in a web page is published by [email protected] on the Chrome Web Store marketplace. The extension has approximately 2K users.
Recommendation
Exercise caution with this extension. Review the detailed findings and ensure the requested permissions align with the extension's stated functionality before installation.
Source Code Not Available
Source code is not available for this version of the extension.
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