Is Text Fragment safe to use?

Text Fragment has a security risk score of 49.91/100 (MEDIUM risk). Our security analysis detected 64 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of Text Fragment?

Based on our automated security analysis, Text Fragment presents medium risk level. The extension is analyzed for malware patterns, secret exposure, network communications, permissions, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

How is the security score calculated?

Risky Plugins calculates security scores using weighted categories: severity of findings (25 points max), malware detections (35 points), secret exposure (28 points), network communications (10 points), and obfuscation (10 points). Scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating greater risk.

What does CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, MINIMAL risk mean?

CRITICAL (80-100): Severe security issues like malware. HIGH (60-79): Significant vulnerabilities. MEDIUM (40-59): Moderate security concerns. LOW (20-39): Minor issues. MINIMAL (0-19): Very low risk. Always review findings before installing any extension.

Is "Text Fragment" on Firefox Add-ons Safe to Install?

Name: Text Fragment
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5833 (24 reviews)
Author: sycxyc

sycxyc · firefox · v1.4

Text fragment (#:~:text) allow linking directly to a specific portion of text in a web document, without requiring the author to annotate it with an ID, using particular syntax in the URL fragment. it could be used to generate more effective content-sharing links for users to pass to one another. Notes: * Firefox for Android currently does not support the context menu, you need to click on the extension icon instead. * In Firefox 131 or later, the browser's native "scroll to text fragment" implementation will be used by default. If you wish to use this extension's implementation, you can either uncheck "Disable this extension feature when natively supported" in this extension's preferences page, or disable "dom.text_fragments.enabled" in "about:config" and restart the browser. Specification: * https://wicg.github.io/scroll-to-text-fragment/ This extension is open source and you can file bug reports on the GitHub issue .

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

49.91

out of 100

MEDIUM

64 security findings detected across all analyzers

Firefox extension requesting 6 permissions

Severity Breakdown

Critical

High

Medium

Low

Info

Finding Categories

Malware Signatures

IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

4 rules(35 hits)

postinstall system command postinstall obfuscation postinstall crypto operations postinstall file manipulation

Requested Permissions

6 permissions

<all_urls>

Access and modify data on every website you visit

Dangerous

clipboardWrite

Low

find

Low

menus

Low

storage

Low

webNavigation

Low

About This Extension

Text fragment (#:~:text) allow linking directly to a specific portion of text in a web document, without requiring the author to annotate it with an ID, using particular syntax in the URL fragment. it could be used to generate more effective content-sharing links for users to pass to one another. Notes: * Firefox for Android currently does not support the context menu, you need to click on the extension icon instead. * In Firefox 131 or later, the browser's native "scroll to text fragment" implementation will be used by default. If you wish to use this extension's implementation, you can either uncheck "Disable this extension feature when natively supported" in this extension's preferences page, or disable "dom.text_fragments.enabled" in "about:config" and restart the browser. Specification: * <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/9df1c5c47c5be5fa3b4640a5b78f96ab563bf20d839482e7da278f719084994e/https%3A//wicg.github.io/scroll-to-text-fragment/" rel="nofollow">https://wicg.github.io/scroll-to-text-fragment/</a> This extension is open source and you can file bug reports on the <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/0bd12565f74b89662e0df097bbc88c117fc0caa5f20b20b9e9d140d5bb58d641/https%3A//github.com/ichaoX/ext-textFragment/issues" rel="nofollow">GitHub issue</a>.

Detailed Findings

36 total

YARA Rule Matches

4 rules

Indicators of Compromise

Network indicators, suspicious strings, and potential IoCs extracted during analysis

URLs

IP Addresses

Domains

Strings

All Indicators · 28

URL

detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385548

XIOC detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385548

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URL

detected URL: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg

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Domain

detected Domain: save.click

XIOC detected Domain: save.click

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Domain

detected Domain: nodefilter.show

XIOC detected Domain: nodefilter.show

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Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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URL

detected URL: http://addons.mozilla.org/ca/crl.pem0N

XIOC detected URL: http://addons.mozilla.org/ca/crl.pem0N

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URL

detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1891736

XIOC detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1891736

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Domain

detected Domain: t51fb44cdbfbdc2412daff3993e8993d1.4624ed981755ea7781b4f10a6e91da64.addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: t51fb44cdbfbdc2412daff3993e8993d1.4624ed981755ea7781b4f10a6e91da64.addons.mozilla.org

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Domain

detected Domain: browser.storage

XIOC detected Domain: browser.storage

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Domain

detected Domain: settings.auto

XIOC detected Domain: settings.auto

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Domain

detected Domain: tab.id

XIOC detected Domain: tab.id

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Domain

detected Domain: frames.map

XIOC detected Domain: frames.map

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Domain

detected Domain: www.w3.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.w3.org

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Domain

detected Domain: rrect.top

XIOC detected Domain: rrect.top

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Domain

detected Domain: signingca1.addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: signingca1.addons.mozilla.org

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Domain

detected Domain: mozilla.com

XIOC detected Domain: mozilla.com

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Domain

detected Domain: addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: addons.mozilla.org

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Domain

detected Domain: content-signature.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: content-signature.mozilla.org

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Domain

detected Domain: example.com

XIOC detected Domain: example.com

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Domain

detected Domain: console.info

XIOC detected Domain: console.info

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Domain

detected Domain: bugzilla.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: bugzilla.mozilla.org

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Hash

detected MD5 Hash: 4624ed981755ea7781b4f10a6e91da64

XIOC detected MD5 Hash: 4624ed981755ea7781b4f10a6e91da64

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Domain

detected Domain: browser.management

XIOC detected Domain: browser.management

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URL

detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1914978

XIOC detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1914978

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URL

detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1918589

XIOC detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1918589

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URL

detected URL: https://wicg.github.io/scroll-to-text-fragment/#textdirectiveexplicitchar

XIOC detected URL: https://wicg.github.io/scroll-to-text-fragment/#textdirectiveexplicitchar

extracted_from_files

detected IP: ::

XIOC detected IP: ::

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Domain

detected Domain: wicg.github.io

XIOC detected Domain: wicg.github.io

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Text Fragment is a Firefox Add-ons extension published by sycxyc. Version 1.4 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 49.91/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 64 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: 35 finding(s)
Medium: 29 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

Text Fragment is published by sycxyc on the Firefox Add-ons marketplace. The extension has approximately 977 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 Viewer

Source Code Not Available

Source code is not available for this version of the extension.

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