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Advanced Page Language Switcher

ID: mhgjlbolkmcookadjpolimbddngjgbol

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Supported Languages

🇺🇸English

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.2.6

Size

0.24 MB

Rating

2.7/5

Reviews

Users

6,000

Type

Extension

Updated

Apr 23, 2025

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Hlawuleka MaswanganyiView Profile
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes

Total Extensions

Active

Obsolete

Listed

Unlisted

Total Users

6,000

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Switch page languages easily using this extension.

A free browser language switching extension/plugin that's very simple to install and use, offers a very easy / intuitive way for adding and removing languages. Supports both bulk and single language deletion. Data is synchronized between Webextension's Storage and the native browser localStorage API (uses 'als-language' and 'als-languages' - for a JSON formatted object that shows the languages you've added for the selected group) as localstorage keys.

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Versions

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Compared to 3 months ago

1 version released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 52 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 2.77 / 5.0-0.04

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Versions scanned

Showing 1 of 6 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.2.6 Code review	6

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.2.6	6

Files with findings

3 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js3
popup.js2
popup.html1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Privilege Escalation	critical	background.js (line 39)	The background service worker unconditionally redirects the sender's tab to any URL present in `request.redirect` with zero sender validation, URL allowlisting, or even a conditional guard. Any extension page (popup, …	1.2.6
2	Network Interception	high	background.js (line 1)	The background script registers a blocking `webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders` listener on `<all_urls>` to intercept and rewrite the `Accept-Language` header on every HTTP request. The `webRequest` permission is absent f…	1.2.6
3	Other	high	background.js (line 32)	A function named `setCasinoLocation` exists in a language-switcher extension with no legitimate reason. The name strongly implies affiliate-redirect or session-hijack functionality targeting gambling sites. Its counte…	1.2.6
4	Other	high	popup.js (line 663)	This method in the popup script explicitly calls `setCasinoLocation` on the background page, passing a location path. In a language-switcher extension there is no legitimate reason to have casino-specific header routi…	1.2.6
5	Obfuscation	medium	popup.js (line 798)	A full binary-to-ASCII decoder (`bTC`) and a character-to-binary lookup table (`charBinaryMap`) are embedded in the extension purely to construct strings like "english", "french", etc. via binary concatenation in `Ini…	1.2.6
6	Tracking	low	popup.html (line 50)	A 1×1 tracking pixel hosted on PayPal's servers is loaded every time the extension popup is opened. While PayPal pixels are commonly used for donation-button conversion tracking, this silently pings an external server…	1.2.6

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getbootstrap.com	-	http://getbootstrap.com
github.com	/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE	https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
github.com	/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/src/css/main.css	https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/src/css/main.css
www.paypal.com	/donate	https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=26HNYCW7FKCJN
www.paypal.com	/donate	https://www.paypal.com/donate
www.paypalobjects.com	/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_SM.gif	https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_SM.gif
www.paypal.com	/en_ZA/i/scr/pixel.gif	https://www.paypal.com/en_ZA/i/scr/pixel.gif
chrome.google.com	/webstore/detail/advanced-page-language-sw/mhgjlbolkmcookadjpolimbddngjgbol	https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanced-page-language-sw/mhgjlbolkmcookadjpolimbddngjgbol
clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

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1.5 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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Lixo. This UI seems gibberish. Is this done by AI? It does not make no sense. It does work sometimes, but no customizability, no way to disable, UI is trash, use a different extension that does what it's supposed to do decently. Don't lose your time.

Rafael Pozzi·5 Feb 2025

Works as expected. Forces the site language to what's selected. A good improvement would be to assign a language to a specific website, instead of having the language set globally.

Yas CHEK·17 Dec 2024

Got it as figured it would translate what Google Translate fails to do at times. Couldn't get it to work at all and it spams me with a pop-up every time I try to highlight text to copy or try to type into a search bar. Tried to block the pop-up website in Chrome but for SOME REASON, they've removed the feature to block websites entirely. Uninstalled this exntension, still get the pop-up. Got another extension to block it, but it still pops up..... Reinstalled it to see if I could somehow block it from spamming me with a "pay to get AI translate" before I uninstall again. If not, I have no idea how to remove this super annoying pop-up!!

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