Is AliDown - Aliexpress & AliBaba Images & Videos Downloader safe?
AliDown rewrites AliExpress product and store clicks through an AliExpress affiliate deep-link endpoint.
On supported AliExpress pages, the extension attaches click handlers to product and store links and opens an inactive tab to s.click.aliexpress.com with the destination URL as a deep-link target. When a user clicks its download controls, it also fetches selected product media through crwler.ecomstal.com before saving the file or zip.
Who publishes itSaxsos Inc - 11 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
Saxsos Inc - 11 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 10k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.
Same operator - 10 listings
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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Findings
AliExpress clicks are rewritten through an affiliate deep-link endpoint
Clicking an AliExpress product or store link, the extension can replace the navigation with an affiliate deep-link request to s.click.aliexpress.com, including the destination URL and referrer context from the click.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-506
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
The user clicks an AliExpress product or store link.
The extension prevents the original click and opens an affiliate deep-link endpoint with the clicked URL as the target.
- Clicked page URLhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001234567890.html (illustrative)
Shows the AliExpress product or store destination selected during browsing.
- Referrer pagehttps://www.aliexpress.com/ (illustrative)
Provides context about the page where the click occurred.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 5.2.4. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on alicdn.com
*://*.alicdn.com/*
Read and change your data on cloud.video.taobao.com
*://cloud.video.taobao.com/*
Read and change your data on aliexpress.com
*://*.aliexpress.com/*
Read and change your data on aliexpress.ru
*://*.aliexpress.ru/*
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed AliDown - Aliexpress & AliBaba Images & Videos Downloader contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- s.click.aliexpress.com
AliDown - Aliexpress & AliBaba Images & Videos Downloader sends data to s.click.aliexpress.com. 24 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- crwler.ecomstal.com
AliDown - Aliexpress & AliBaba Images & Videos Downloader sends data to crwler.ecomstal.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.