Is Scopus Document Download Manager safe?

Medium risk

Scopus Document Download Manager accepts custom events from any webpage to trigger PDF downloads via the browser's download API.

The extension's content script runs on all pages and listens for a 'DDMRequestEvent' custom event. Any page can dispatch this event with an arbitrary URL and filename to cause the extension to call chrome.downloads.download() without validating which page made the request. The same event interface also exposes the exact installed extension version as a DOM attribute, allowing any page to fingerprint whether the extension is present.

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

elsraptechscopusgooglewmtv4.00Chrome Web Store
45Risk
Who publishes it

elsraptechscopusgooglewmt - no other listings under this identity, 5 shared hostnames

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

Shared hosts - 5 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.

royalsocietypublishing.org
Also called by 2 other listings, including LYH DOI Tools
emeraldinsight.com
Also called by 3 other listings, including NoteExpress网络捕手
service.elsevier.com
Also called by 3 other listings, including Mendeley Web Importer, Mendeley Web Importer
aip.scitation.org
Also called by 6 other listings, including NoteExpress网络捕手
pdf.sciencedirectassets.com
Also called by 6 other listings, including Mendeley Web Importer

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

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.00. 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 scopus.com

    *://*.scopus.com/*

  • Start, monitor and manage your downloads

    downloads

Updated 30 September 2026ojplelelocihfchkdaebocpankipadmp