Is Whatfix For Google safe?

Low risk

Whatfix For Google accepts window messages without checking origin and can be made to fetch caller-chosen URLs and screenshot the tab.

On every google.com page, a content script listens for window postMessage events without verifying the sender's origin, and forwards a matching command string into the background service worker's internal message handlers. Two of those handlers are privileged: one makes the background worker POST an attacker-supplied URL with attacker-supplied headers and returns the response, and the other captures a screenshot of the visible tab and returns it as an image. Any script able to post a message into a matched frame can reach these actions.

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

Whatfix Incv2023.6.23.1234Chrome Web Store
15Risk
Who publishes it

Whatfix Pvt Limited - 3 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

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

Publisher
Whatfix Inc
Declared legal entity
Whatfix Pvt Limited

Same operator - 3 listings

Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.

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.

addons.whatfix.com
Also called by 9 other listings

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Updated 2 November 2026ficknlehkbgoecglieldmionooemkhpj