Is ToDoNewTab safe?
ToDoNewTab sends new-tab searches or typed URLs with a fixed UID to vmnapi.net.
When you submit the ToDoNewTab new-tab search box, the extension reads the text you entered and a bundled fixed UID. It then submits that text by GET request to vmnapi.net, so searches or typed URLs appear in the request URL along with the UID.
Who publishes itVisicom Media - 2 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
Visicom Media - 2 other listings from the same operator, 2 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, 17k+ users between them. 2 of them carry 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.
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Findings
New-tab searches are sent to vmnapi.net with a fixed UID
When you use ToDoNewTab's new-tab search box, the extension submits the search text or typed URL to vmnapi.net.
The request includes the form input along with a fixed UID, which links those searches to the same extension identifier.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-359
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
The user submits a search term or URL from the new-tab search form.
The extension sends the entered value and a fixed UID to vmnapi.net.
- Search form inputweather tomorrow (illustrative)
The text you enter in the new-tab search box is sent as the query parameter.
- Typed URLhttps://example.com/article (illustrative)
If you type a web address instead of a search term, that URL can be sent in the same query field.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.03. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Run searches with your default search engine
search
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed ToDoNewTab 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.
- vmnapi.net
ToDoNewTab sends data to vmnapi.net. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.