Is JoyaGoo Warm Reminder Remover safe?
JoyaGoo Warm Reminder Remover rewrites supported shopping product URLs with hardcoded affiliate referral codes.
When you visit product pages on CNFans, MuleBuy, HooBuy, or JoyaGoo, the content script checks the current URL and replaces its ref parameter with a hardcoded referral value. The page is then reloaded with that modified URL, so the shopping site receives the affiliate referral code as part of the product-page address.
Who publishes it1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
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Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 1k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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Findings
Extension Overwrites Any Existing Affiliate Code With Its Own
On cnfans.com, mulebuy.com, hoobuy.com, or joyagoo.com pages, the script checks the URL's ref parameter against its hardcoded code, overwriting and auto-reloading if it differs or is missing.
The popup remover runs only once ref matches.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-506
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
You open a product page on cnfans.com, mulebuy.com, hoobuy.com, or joyagoo.com.
Works on any /product URL on these four sites, whether the URL has no ref parameter or already carries a different one.
The content script rewrites the page URL's ref parameter to its own hardcoded code and reloads the tab.
content.js's updateRefInURL() calls searchParams.set('ref', referralCode) and window.location.replace() whenever the current ref value does not already equal that code.
- cnfans.com referral coderef=155562
Every cnfans.com product URL you open gets this fixed code in its ref parameter.
- mulebuy.com referral coderef=200151616
Every mulebuy.com product URL you open gets this fixed code in its ref parameter.
- joyagoo.com referral coderef=300000171
Every joyagoo.com product URL you open gets this fixed code in its ref parameter.
- hoobuy.com referral coderef=utm_source=share&utm_medium=product_details&inviteCode=zXvrg2Xw
hoobuy.com's code packs a full query string into the single ref parameter.
The shipped content script -- unminified as distributed in the Chrome Web Store package.
The hardcoded referral codes
content.jsfunction getReferralCode() { const hostname = window.location.hostname; if (hostname === "cnfans.com") return "155562"; if (hostname === "mulebuy.com") return "200151616"; if (hostname === "joyagoo.com") return "300000171"; if (hostname === "hoobuy.com") return "utm_source=share&utm_medium=product_details&inviteCode=zXvrg2Xw"; return ""; }The URL rewrite, gated on the ref value not already matching
content.jsfunction updateRefInURL() { const currentURL = new URL(window.location.href); const hostname = currentURL.hostname; const referralCode = getReferralCode(); // Check if we are on a product page and if the ref code needs to be added or updated const isProductPage = currentURL.pathname.includes("/product"); const currentRef = currentURL.searchParams.get("ref"); if ( (hostname === "cnfans.com" || hostname === "mulebuy.com" || hostname === "hoobuy.com" || hostname === "joyagoo.com") && isProductPage && currentRef !== referralCode ) { currentURL.searchParams.set("ref", referralCode); window.location.replace(currentURL.toString()); } }The advertised popup-removal feature, gated on the same match
content.jsfunction handleModalRemoval() { const hostname = window.location.hostname; const currentRef = new URL(window.location.href).searchParams.get("ref"); const referralCode = getReferralCode(); // Handle modals for cnfans.com and mulebuy.com if (hostname === "cnfans.com" || hostname === "mulebuy.com") { if (currentRef === referralCode) { const modal = document.getElementById("keywords-modal"); if (modal) { modal.style.display = "none"; modal.remove(); restoreScrolling(); showCenteredNotification("Window Removed by JoyaGoo Warn Remover! Please leave a review!"); } } } else if (hostname === "hoobuy.com" && currentRef === referralCode) { waitForElement(".el-overlay", modal => { modal.style.display = "none"; modal.remove(); restoreScrolling(); showCenteredNotification("Window Removed by JoyaGoo Warn Remover! Please leave a review!"); }); } else if (hostname === "joyagoo.com" && currentRef === referralCode) { // Look for the new JoyaGoo modal const checkForModal = setInterval(() => { // Try to find the new modal wrapper const modalWrapper = document.querySelector(".n-modal-body-wrapper"); if (modalWrapper) { // First, capture the body's scroll position const scrollY = window.scrollY; // Find the parent elements that contain or are related to the modal const modalContainer = modalWrapper.closest(".n-modal-container"); const modalBody = document.querySelector(".n-modal-body"); const modalWrapper2 = document.querySelector(".n-modal-wrapper"); // Remove all modal-related elements if (modalContainer) modalContainer.remove(); if (modalBody) modalBody.remove(); if (modalWrapper2) modalWrapper2.remove(); modalWrapper.remove(); // Remove any backdrop/mask that might be present const modalMasks = document.querySelectorAll(".n-modal-mask"); modalMasks.forEach(mask => mask.remove()); // Remove any overlay that might be present const overlays = document.querySelectorAll(".n-modal-overlay"); overlays.forEach(overlay => overlay.remove()); // Restore scrolling restoreScrolling(); // Restore scroll position window.scrollTo(0, scrollY); // Show notification showCenteredNotification("Window Removed by JoyaGoo Warn Remover! Please leave a review!"); // Clear the interval as we've found and removed the modal clearInterval(checkForModal); } }, 200); // Stop checking after 10 seconds setTimeout(() => clearInterval(checkForModal), 10000); } }- cnfans.com
Receives the extension's hardcoded code (155562) as the ref parameter on every visited /product page.
- mulebuy.com
Receives the extension's hardcoded code (200151616) as the ref parameter on every visited /product page.
- hoobuy.com
Receives the extension's hardcoded utm_source/utm_medium/inviteCode string as the ref parameter on every visited /product page.
- joyagoo.com
Receives the extension's hardcoded code (300000171) as the ref parameter on every visited /product page.
Watches the address bar for the automatic ref-parameter rewrite so you can see the code fire without needing to read the extension's source.
- Chrome DevTools
// joyagoo-ref-rewrite-check.js// Detects the automatic ref-parameter rewrite performed by JoyaGoo Warm// Reminder Remover's content script on supported product pages.(function () { const before = location.href; console.log('[joyagoo-check] initial URL:', before); const start = Date.now(); const poll = setInterval(() => { if (location.href !== before) { console.log('[joyagoo-check] URL changed after', Date.now() - start, 'ms'); console.log('[joyagoo-check] before:', before); console.log('[joyagoo-check] after: ', location.href); clearInterval(poll); } if (Date.now() - start > 8000) { console.log('[joyagoo-check] no change observed within 8s'); clearInterval(poll); } }, 100);})();- 1Install the extension.
- 2Open a /product URL on cnfans.com, mulebuy.com, hoobuy.com, or joyagoo.com with no ref param, or a different one.
- 3Open DevTools, paste this script.
- 4Watch the URL change within ~200ms.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.1. 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 cnfans.com
https://*.cnfans.com/*
Read and change your data on mulebuy.com
https://*.mulebuy.com/*
Read and change your data on hoobuy.com
https://*.hoobuy.com/*
Read and change your data on joyagoo.com
https://*.joyagoo.com/*
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed JoyaGoo Warm Reminder Remover 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.
- cnfans.com
JoyaGoo Warm Reminder Remover sends data to cnfans.com. 7 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- mulebuy.com
JoyaGoo Warm Reminder Remover sends data to mulebuy.com. 5 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- hoobuy.com
JoyaGoo Warm Reminder Remover sends data to hoobuy.com. 4 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- joyagoo.com
JoyaGoo Warm Reminder Remover sends data to joyagoo.com. 2 other extensions we have analysed send data here.