Is Google Search Console & Bing Webmaster Tools safe?
Google Search Console & Bing Webmaster Tools sends submitted URLs and indexing results to Mixpanel analytics.
When you submit removal, inspection, or indexing requests, the extension records Mixpanel events that include the URL you entered. Those events can also include Google Search Console inspection results, URL notification metadata, status values, timing fields, and error messages.
Who publishes itYTuong.me - 5 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
YTuong.me - 5 other listings from the same operator, 1 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
5 other listings published from this account, 173k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.
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
Mixpanel receives submitted URLs and Google indexing result metadata
Submitting or inspecting URLs through Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools makes the extension send Mixpanel events to api-js.mixpanel.com, which can include the submitted URL and Google inspection or indexing response metadata.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-359
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
The user submits, inspects, or indexes a URL through the extension.
The extension sends Mixpanel analytics events containing the submitted URL and Google response metadata.
- Submitted URLhttps://example.com/page (illustrative)
Identifies the page the user asked the extension to remove, inspect, or index.
- Google inspection or indexing metadatainspectionResult/indexStatusResult (illustrative)
Provides context about Google's response to the user's inspection or indexing request.
Dynamic analysis confirmed Mixpanel setup and event calls that include the URL plus inspection or indexing response data.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.7.3. 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 search.google.com
*://search.google.com/*
Read and change your data on www.bing.com
*://www.bing.com/*
Read and change your data on api.indexnow.org
*://api.indexnow.org/*
Read and change your data on yandex.com
*://yandex.com/*
Read and change your data on ssl.bing.com
*://ssl.bing.com/*
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Google Search Console & Bing Webmaster Tools 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.
- api-js.mixpanel.comwidely used
Google Search Console & Bing Webmaster Tools sends data to api-js.mixpanel.com. A widely used service: 47 other extensions we have analysed send data here.