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This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: Free Counter Stat

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Free Counter Stat

ID: iladkgplgigafpgpifjdfmlapldcjeop

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇬🇧British English

🇺🇸English

🇫🇷French

🇩🇪German

🇮🇹Italian

🇲🇽Latin American Spanish

🇵🇹Portuguese

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🇺🇸US English

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.2

Size

0.11 MB

Rating

4.0/5

Reviews

Users

4,766

Type

Extension

Updated

Nov 13, 2014

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted

Author: http://www.freecounterstat.comView Profile

Total Extensions

Active

Obsolete

Listed

Unlisted

Total Users

4,766

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User Growth

Showing data from Jan 01, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022

Versions

+1.86%(+87 users)

Compared to 3 months ago

1 version released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 55 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 4.04 / 5.0-0.06

Extracted Data

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By severity

Critical0

High5

Medium2

Low0

Versions scanned

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

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.2 Code review	7

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.2	7

Files with findings

2 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

action.js6
options.js1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Code Injection	high	action.js (line 160)	User-supplied localStorage values (favorite_account, favorite_account_domain, favorite_account_name) are concatenated directly into an HTML string and injected via innerHTML. An attacker who can write to localStorage …	1.2
2	Network Interception	high	action.js (line 28)	The background script makes repeated GET requests every 15 seconds to an HTTP (non-TLS) endpoint at freecounterstat.com, embedding user-controlled localStorage values directly into the URL. The use of plain HTTP means…	1.2
3	Network Interception	high	action.js (line 81)	A second XMLHttpRequest is made to stat.json on the same unencrypted HTTP domain using user-controlled localStorage values in the URL. The response is parsed and written into multiple DOM elements via innerHTML, meani…	1.2
4	Tracking	high	action.js (line 34)	Both network requests include a timestamp parameter and are sent to a third-party analytics domain over plain HTTP every 15 seconds. This constitutes regular beaconing that leaks the user's IP address, precise activit…	1.2
5	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	action.js (line 151)	The gett() function recursively schedules itself every 15 seconds via setTimeout, causing the persistent background script to continuously beacon out to freecounterstat.com for the entire browser session. Each request…	1.2
6	Code Injection	medium	action.js (line 89)	Values from the remote server response are written directly into DOM elements via innerHTML without sanitization. While format_number performs numeric coercion, non-numeric string values from a manipulated server resp…	1.2
7	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	options.js (line 1)	The extension collects and stores user account credentials (account ID, account domain, account name) in plaintext localStorage. These values are then used by the persistent background page to continuously beacon to f…	1.2

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jqueryui.com	-	http://jqueryui.com
clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
*.freecounterstat.com	/*	http://.freecounterstat.com/

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3.9 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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No instructions as where to past code in the webpage

Robert Troi·4 Jul 2022

probando

reinl tapia benedetti·12 Jul 2019

bien

youssouf amine·9 Jan 2019

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