Is Traffic Ad Bar Surf Bar safe?

Medium risk

Traffic Ad Bar Surf Bar removes frame protections and rewrites subframe request headers in its Traffic Ad Bar tabs.

When a browser tab is on Traffic Ad Bar pages, the extension removes CSP and frame-blocking response headers from subframes in that tab. It also sets subframe request headers including Sec-Fetch-Dest, Sec-Fetch-Site, and a Referer value of https://t-adbar.com.

Traffic Ad Barv0.1.11Chrome Web Store
47Risk
Who publishes it

Traffic Ad Bar - no other listings under this identity

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

Publisher
Traffic Ad Bar
Registered address
23 Benham Grove, Fareham PO16 9LB, GB
Registered contact
Darren Merrett
Website
trafficadbar.com/contact

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Findings

Traffic Ad Bar removes frame protections and changes subframe headers

Opening or using Traffic Ad Bar tabs makes the extension track matching frame URLs.

For those tabs it removes frame-protection response headers and sets request headers such as Referer and Sec-Fetch values on subframe requests.

Severity
Medium unwanted
Type
Unexpected
CWE
CWE-506
Source
Dynamic sandbox
What actually happens
You did this

The user opens or activates Traffic Ad Bar tabs.

The extension did this

The extension applies session rules that remove CSP and frame-option response headers and set Sec-Fetch and Referer request headers on subframes.

Fields affected by the session rules
  • Request and response headers
    Content-Security-Policy (illustrative)

    Headers control browser framing policy and describe how the subframe request is presented.

  • Referrer
    https://t-adbar.com

    The referrer can tell the receiving site which page context the request claims to come from.

  • Frame URL
    https://trafficadbar.com/_0

    The URL identifies which Traffic Ad Bar frame or auto-check page is being loaded.

Observation

Observed during dynamic analysis: the extension updated session rules for matching Traffic Ad Bar tabs, including rules that remove CSP and frame-option headers and set Sec-Fetch and Referer values on subframe requests.

What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.1.11. 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

    *://*/*

  • Block and redirect the requests your browser makes

    declarativeNetRequest

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Traffic Ad Bar Surf Bar 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.

  • t-adbar.com

    Traffic Ad Bar Surf Bar sends data to t-adbar.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026fiifafnjepaokonindchlccncafkdgfh