Is AliExpress & Alibaba Dark Mode safe?

Medium risk

AliExpress & Alibaba Dark Mode forwards clicked shopping URLs to alitems.link affiliate redirects.

When you click AliExpress item, store, or category links, or Alibaba product-detail links, the extension cancels the original click and opens a background tab to an alitems.link affiliate redirect. The redirect request includes the selected shopping URL, with query strings removed, so alitems.link receives the product or store page you chose.

Dropshipping Storev0.0.1.2Chrome Web Store
45Risk
Who publishes it

MEDIA 019 - 4 other listings from the same operator, 3 of them carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Dropshipping Store
Declared legal entity
MEDIA 019
Registered address
JNA 1a, Negotin 19300, Serbia, Europe
Registered contact
Ivan Matic
Website
www.dropshipping.store/about/#contact

Same store account

4 other listings published from this account, 38k+ users between them. 3 of them carry a finding.

Ali Invoice FREE20k+MediumAli Invoice10k+MediumSearch AliExpress by Image and Find Similar Products7k+MediumGFC Invoice970Low

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.

alitems.link
Also called by 2 other listings, including Ali Insider- AliExpress Product Research Tool

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

Publishers can request a review.

Findings

Product clicks open alitems.link affiliate redirects with shopping URLs

Clicking AliExpress or Alibaba product, store, or category links reroutes the URL through alitems.link affiliate redirect pages, including the URL you chose, revealing your shopping activity to that third-party redirect host.

Severity
Medium unwanted
Type
Unexpected
CWE
CWE-506
Source
Dynamic sandbox
What actually happens
You did this

You click an AliExpress or Alibaba product, store, or category link.

The extension did this

The extension opens an inactive alitems.link affiliate redirect tab containing the selected shopping URL.

Captured request
GEThttps://alitems.link/a/ and https://alitems.link/ab/
Fields in the request
  • Your shopping URL
    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001234567890.html (illustrative)

    Identifies the AliExpress or Alibaba page you selected.

  • Shopping browsing context
    AliExpress product page click (illustrative)

    Shows that you visited or interacted with shopping pages covered by the extension.

What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.0.1.2. 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 aliexpress.ru

    *://*.aliexpress.ru/*

  • Read and change your data on aliexpress.com

    *://*.aliexpress.com/*

  • Read and change your data on aliexpress.us

    *://*.aliexpress.us/*

  • Read and change your data on alicdn.com

    *://*.alicdn.com/*

  • Read and change your data on alibabagroup.com

    *://*.alibabagroup.com/*

  • Read and change your data on alibaba.com

    *://*.alibaba.com/*

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Dark Mode for AliExpress & Alibaba 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.

  • alitems.link

    Dark Mode for AliExpress & Alibaba sends data to alitems.link. 4 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

Updated 30 September 2026cibedeeoecmjnbldmojlibkhlahndedf