Is Offline QR Code Generator safe?
Offline QR Code Generator sends the active tab URL to QR-shortener endpoints when making a code by default.
When the popup creates a QR code with its default link-shortening setting enabled, it reads the active tab's URL. It sends that URL as a query parameter to hybridapps.net, with amazonspot.net used as a retry fallback.
Who publishes itRodrigue - 7 other listings from the same operator, 4 of them carrying a finding
Rodrigue - 7 other listings from the same operator, 4 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, 90k+ users between them. 2 of them carry a finding.
Same operator - 5 listings
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
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
Popup sends the active tab URL to QR-shortener endpoints by default.
When you open the Offline QR Code Generator popup, it reads the active tab's URL and sends it to the hybridapps.net QR-shortener endpoint by default, with amazonspot.net available as a retry fallback.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-359
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
The user opens the extension popup.
The extension reads the active tab URL and sends it to the configured QR-shortener endpoint by default.
- Active tab URLhttps://example.com/account?tab=settings (illustrative)
This can reveal the page you were viewing when you opened the popup, including page paths or query text present in the address.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.0.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Offline QR Code Generator 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.
- amazonspot.net
Offline QR Code Generator sends data to amazonspot.net. 6 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- hybridapps.net
Offline QR Code Generator sends data to hybridapps.net. 5 other extensions we have analysed send data here.