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Paperpal: Grammar Checker, AI Writing Tool & Research Assis…, used by 20,000 people, is not yet reviewed by Extension Auditor. Its permissions mean it can read and change data on all websites. It comes from a trusted publisher and was last updated in September 2026.

Paperpal: Grammar Checker, AI Writing Tool & Research Assistant

Paperpal: Grammar Checker, AI Writing Tool & Research Assistant Chrome extension security report

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Extension Info & Metadata

Status
Active
Version
2.0.19
Size
8.40 MB
Rating
4.2/5
Reviews
28
Users
20,000
Type
Extension
Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Category
Education
Price
Paid
Featured
Yes
Visibility
Listed
Mature
No
By Google
No
Trusted
Yes
This publisherTrack record
2extensions
All still listed

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted
Author
Cactus Communications Services Pte Ltd
MX records exist
Yes
Domain exists
Yes
Is disposable
No
Is role-based
No
Mailbox exists
Yes
Website
Visit
Extensions
2
Active
2
Obsolete
0
Listed
2
Unlisted
0
Users
23,000

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Install growth

Item
Type
Severity
Description
*://*/*
Host
Critical
Broad host access — the extension can read/modify content on every website.
<all_urls>
Risk Factor
Critical
This permission grants access to all websites without restriction. Rated High because it can access any web content, monitor all web activity, and potentially steal sensitive data across all sites.
cookies
Permission
High
This permission provides full access to read and modify browser cookies. Rated High because it can steal session tokens, modify authentication cookies, and compromise accounts across websites.
clipboardRead
Permission
High
This permission allows reading clipboard content. Rated High because it can steal copied passwords, sensitive data, and monitor all content copied to clipboard.
clipboardWrite
Permission
High
This permission allows modification of clipboard content. Rated High because it can inject malicious content into the clipboard, modify copied passwords, and manipulate copied data.
Contextual Risk Factors
Risk Factor
High
The following context increases the overall risk:• 20% increase: Access to sensitive domains increases potential impact• 10% increase: Early script execution enables pre-emptive content manipulation• 25% increase: Unsafe code evaluation capabilities increase attack surface
Broad Host Permissions
Risk Factor
High
This extension has broad host permissions allowing it to access many or all websites.
Broad Content Script Access
Risk Factor
High
This extension can inject scripts into any website.
Unsafe WebAssembly Execution
Risk Factor
High
This extension's CSP allows "wasm-unsafe-eval".
activeTab
Permission
Medium
This permission grants temporary access to the current tab. Rated Medium because it can access current page content when invoked, though limited to user-initiated actions.
tabs
Permission
Medium
This permission enables tab management and monitoring. Rated Medium because it can track open tabs, access tab metadata, and monitor user browsing patterns.
storage
Permission
Medium
This permission allows storing data locally in the browser. Rated Medium because it can persist sensitive user data, track user activities over time, and potentially store malicious payloads.
file://*/*
Host
Medium
Host permission — access limited to this URL pattern.
Access to Sensitive Domains
Risk Factor
Medium
This extension requests access to sensitive domains: https://docs.google.com/*
Early Content Script Execution
Risk Factor
Medium
This extension runs content scripts at document_start.
contextMenus
Permission
Low
This permission adds items to browser context menus. Rated Medium because it only modifies right-click menus without access to page content.

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About this extension

Turn any webpage into your academic workspace with our grammar checks, paraphrasing, chat with PDF & notetaking with citation tools.

Read the publisher’s full description

Paperpal’s Chrome Extension is your trusted all-in-one AI writing assistant, grammar checker, paraphrasing tool, reference finder, and notetaking tool. Seamlessly integrated into popular research and writing platforms used by students and researchers, Paperpal helps you write smarter, research faster, and stay organized without leaving your browser. ➤Write Confidently, Edit Effortlessly Polish academic writing with our grammar checker and academic proofreading tool. Get reliable language suggestions to correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that other tools may fail to catch, all while maintaining a consistent academic style and tone. ➤Summarize and Understand Faster Review lengthy articles and grasp core insights quickly with Paperpal’s AI summarizer. Just highlight any passage to generate easy-to-understand AI summaries or get quick explanations of complex academic concepts in minutes. ➤Paraphrase and Refine with Clarity Select any text and use our powerful paraphrasing tool to improve readability, reduce word count, and adjust tone without changing the meaning. Paperpal’s AI paraphraser comes with 10+ rewriting modes to help keep your writing authentic. ➤Smarter Notetaking with Citations No more copy-paste notetaking chaos. Highlight key findings and save this directly to your Paperpal notes with citations for quick referencing and seamless citation management. Switch between APA citations, MLA citations, Chicago style citations and 10,000+ other citation styles with a click. ➤Explore One-Click Chat with PDFs Interact with full-text PDFs online to ask questions, extract insights, or get AI summaries of research papers and technical documents. Delve deeper with suggestions for follow-up questions and in-built prompts; your chat history is saved to your Paperpal account helping you retain insights as you work. ➤Simplify Research and Discovery Save time and strengthen your literature review with our AI reference finder. Click on the Paperpal widget when browsing papers online and get top 5 related research papers from our growing repository of 250Mn+ verified scholarly articles. ➤Edit LaTeX files with Overleaf Chrome extension Write and polish your scientific writing without altering LaTeX codes with access to our grammar checker, AI writing tool, academic paraphraser, tone changer, and word count reducer all within the Overleaf online editor! Ideal for essays, theses, and research papers, Paperpal stands out as the trusted AI writing assistant for responsible AI use in academia. Unlike other language tools, it combines the best of all worlds – bringing together a grammar checker, reference finder, paraphrasing tool, Chat with PDF, and notetaking support in one powerful Chrome extension. Finally, rest assured, your research and data is always private and secure; Paperpal will never use your work to train its AI models. ➤Get Started in Seconds 1. Click ‘Add to Chrome’ to install the Paperpal Chrome Extension. 2. Sign in or create your Paperpal account to access these features. 3. Start paraphrasing, researching, and saving your notes on the go. Install Paperpal Chrome Extension now and elevate every step of your academic writing journey! To know more, visit Paperpal (https://paperpal.com/) or write to us at hello@paperpal.com for support.

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396 indicators in this extension

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Version
Size
Verdict
Findings
Permhash
2.0.19
Latest
8.40 MBNot scanned—
39ace751baf5d028878d1342b5a48c4127ded16af1559f32b5733cd08676eb5f
2.0.18
8.30 MBNot scanned—
39ace751baf5d028878d1342b5a48c4127ded16af1559f32b5733cd08676eb5f
2.0.1
34.41 MBNot scanned—
19e1397fb6c7b50bd96fa52f889f9f0d665789185a9828e13567d1a99dd14a46
2.0.2
14.75 MBNot scanned—
39ace751baf5d028878d1342b5a48c4127ded16af1559f32b5733cd08676eb5f
2.0.16
7.52 MBNot scanned—
39ace751baf5d028878d1342b5a48c4127ded16af1559f32b5733cd08676eb5f
2.0.17
7.59 MBNot scanned—
39ace751baf5d028878d1342b5a48c4127ded16af1559f32b5733cd08676eb5f
2.0.15
7.50 MBNot scanned—
39ace751baf5d028878d1342b5a48c4127ded16af1559f32b5733cd08676eb5f
2.0.14
7.39 MBNot scanned—
39ace751baf5d028878d1342b5a48c4127ded16af1559f32b5733cd08676eb5f
2.0.13
7.39 MBNot scanned—
39ace751baf5d028878d1342b5a48c4127ded16af1559f32b5733cd08676eb5f
2.0.12
7.43 MBNot scanned—
39ace751baf5d028878d1342b5a48c4127ded16af1559f32b5733cd08676eb5f
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