Is Popup Blocker (strict) safe?

Medium risk

Popup Blocker (strict)'s notification page accepts messages from any site, letting it be tricked into redirecting your tab to an attacker's URL.

The extension's popup-notification page is web-accessible to every site and listens for postMessage without checking who sent it, so any embedding page can post a fake 'blocked popup' entry pointing at a URL of its choosing. Clicking the notification's Redirect or Background buttons (or, if auto-actions are enabled, without any click at all) sends that attacker-supplied URL to the extension's background worker, which navigates the current tab or opens a new tab to it with no further validation beyond it starting with http/ftp. No data leaves the browser; the impact is unwanted tab navigation, useful for redirect or phishing chains.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

yokris.devv0.9.1Chrome Web Store
45Risk
Who publishes it

yokris.dev - 7 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.

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.

rds.live
Also called by 2 other listings, including Popup Blocker (strict)

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

Publishers can request a review.

What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.9.1. 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 every site you visit

    <all_urls>

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

Updated 30 September 2026aefkmifgmaafnojlojpnekbpbmjiiogg