Is AliExpress CSV Export safe?
AliExpress CSV Export redirects AliExpress product and store clicks through clickwrap.xyz once per day.
When you click an AliExpress product or store link, the extension strips query parameters from the clicked URL, prevents the original click, and opens a background tab to http://clickwrap.xyz/cpa with the AliExpress URL in a url parameter. A daily storage marker limits this behavior to about once per day on AliExpress domains.
Who publishes itMladen Markovic - 2 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
Mladen Markovic - 2 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
2 other listings published from this account, 33k+ users between them. 2 of them carry a finding.
Shared hosts - 2 hostnames
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.
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Findings
AliExpress clicks route through clickwrap affiliate endpoint daily
Clicking AliExpress item or store links, AliExpress CSV Export sends the cleaned URL to clickwrap.xyz/cpa, opening that cleartext affiliate endpoint in a background tab.
The trigger needs user action and carries a once-per-day marker.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-506
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
You click an AliExpress item or store link.
AliExpress CSV Export normalizes the clicked URL and opens a clickwrap.xyz affiliate endpoint with that URL included.
- AliExpress destination URLhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001234567890.html (illustrative)
Shows which AliExpress item or store page you clicked before the extension routed the navigation through the affiliate endpoint.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.1.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed AliExpress CSV Export 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.
- clickwrap.xyz
AliExpress CSV Export sends data to clickwrap.xyz. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.