Is AliExpress Coupon Finder safe?
AliExpress Coupon Finder opens a hidden tab to the developer's AliExpress affiliate link, attributing your purchase commission to them.
When you click 'Check them all' on an AliExpress order page, the extension silently opens and closes a background tab to the developer's affiliate link (s.click.aliexpress.com), planting a cookie that earns the developer commission on your purchase without disclosure. To find coupons it also reads your live AliExpress order details and sends them to AliExpress's own credentialed order and store APIs, and fetches its 'Universal' promo-code list at runtime from hardcoded Google Sheets CSV URLs that are injected into the checkout UI with no integrity check.
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Findings
Check them all opens an AliExpress affiliate link
Clicking 'Check them all' on the AliExpress order-confirm page has the content script ask the background to open s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9IAQMA inactively, then close it once loaded.
Testing didn't exercise this; no response was recorded.
You click Check them all on the AliExpress order-confirm page.
The extension opens an AliExpress affiliate redirect in an inactive tab and removes that tab after it loads.
| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Affiliate redirect | https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9IAQMA | This is the destination the extension loads after you click the coupon-check button. | |
Tab visibility | Inactive background tab | The destination opens in a tab that is not brought to the front, so the checkout page stays in view. | |
Local opt-out setting | IS_AFF_LINK_DEACTIVATED = false | If this local setting is enabled, the background script skips the affiliate tab. | |
Close condition | status = complete | The extension removes the affiliate tab once the browser reports the redirect has finished loading. |
Button handler and background affiliate-tab handler
var tt=({universalCodes:e,storeCodes:t,setView:n})=>{let r=te(),i=e3(e,t);return(0,y.jsxs)(y.Fragment,{children:[(0,y.jsx)(e7,{onCloseClick:()=>n(S.NONE)}),(0,y.jsxs)(eF,{textAlign:"center",mt:2,children:[(0,y.jsx)(e5,{variant:"h6",className:r.line,children:`${i} ${chrome.i18n.getMessage("ModalStarter_LabelCodesAvailable")}`}),(0,y.jsx)(e5,{variant:"body1",className:r.line,children:i>0?chrome.i18n.getMessage("ModalStarter_LabelShouldWeTry"):(0,y.jsx)("span",{children:" "})}),(0,y.jsx)(eW,{className:r.line,disabled:0===i,variant:"contained",color:"primary",size:"large",onClick:()=>{n(S.WORKER),chrome.runtime.sendMessage({cmd:"CMD_OPEN_AFFILIATION_TAB"})},children:chrome.i18n.getMessage("ModalStarter_ButtonCheckThemAll")})]})]})}chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((e, r, i) => {
switch (e.cmd) {
case "CMD_OPEN_AFFILIATION_TAB":
return s.get("IS_AFF_LINK_DEACTIVATED", !1, "local").then(e => {
e || chrome.tabs.create({
active: !1,
url: "https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9IAQMA"
}, e => {
let t = (r, i) => {
"complete" === i.status && r === e.id && (chrome.tabs.remove(r), chrome.tabs.onUpdated.removeListener(t))
};
chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(t)
})
}).catch(console.log), !1;
case "CMD_GET_STORE_PROMO_CODES":
return g(e.data.itemsUrl).then(e => i(e)), !0;
case "CMD_GET_UNIVERSAL_PROMO_CODES":
return h.getUniversalCodes().then(e => {
var r;
let n = ((r = t) && r.__esModule ? r.default : r).parse(e, {
dynamicTyping: !0,
header: !0
});
i(n.errors.length ? null : n.data)
}).catch(e => {
console.log("Error CMD_GET_UNIVERSAL_PROMO_CODES", e), i(null)
}), !0;
case "CMD_GET_EXCHANGE_RATE":
return h.getCurrencyExchangeRate(e.data.currency).then(e => {
i(e.usd)
}).catch(e => {
console.log("Error CMD_GET_EXCHANGE_RATE", e), i(null)
}), !0;
case "CMD_GET_ORDER_CURRENCY":
return h.ali.getOrders(e.data.params).then(e => {
i(p(e))
}).catch(e => {
console.log("Error CMD_GET_ORDER_CURRENCY", e), i(null)
}), !0;
case "CMD_GET_AFFILIATION_COOKIE":
return chrome.cookies.get({
url: "https://shoppingcart.aliexpress.com/",
name: "xman_us_f"
}, e => {
i(e.value)
}), !0
}
})- s.click.aliexpress.com
Receives the inactive-tab navigation to the AliExpress affiliate redirect when the button path runs.