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This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: Social Helper

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Social Helper

ID: codifnnlonenkojdcohfomnbkanpolhd

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇺🇸English

🇩🇪German

🇮🇹Italian

🇷🇺Russian

🇪🇸Spanish

🇺🇦Ukrainian

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.6.6.0

Size

0.66 MB

Rating

3.4/5

Reviews

Users

4,139

Type

Extension

Updated

Sep 7, 2022

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted

Author: http://social-helper.apphb.comView Profile
Privacy: Privacy Policy
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes
Website: Visit

Total Extensions

Active

Obsolete

Listed

Unlisted

Total Users

4,139

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Social Helper Extension. One extension with all the necessary tools for Instagram.

Features: - Read and send direct messages - Bulk viewing story - Promotion account (likes / comments) - Mobile view - Upload photo to profile / story - View Live broadcasts / Suggested broadcasts - Download any photo or video from Feed / Story / Lives / Replays / Highlights / User's profile - Download content from user's profile in one click (Posts / Saved / Tagged) - Manage Followers - Parsing hashtags used on profile - Manage Comments / Likes from posts - Add controls to video - View stories Incognito - Light and dark themes -------------- VIDEO TUTORIALS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O_8NwJVJNs&index=1&list=PL272WVKsA3rf93sGK1yhMEiE3d6DbDX_Z -------------- PRIVACY POLICY: http://social-helper.apphb.com/Home/PrivacyPolicy/

User Growth

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

Versions

+3.29%(+132 users)

Compared to 3 months ago

4 versions released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 62 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 3.48 / 5.0-0.21

Extracted Data

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Critical4

High5

Medium1

Low0

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
1.6.5.9 Code review	10

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.6.5.9	10

Files with findings

5 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js6
js/dms.js1
js/inject.js1
js/ua.js1
manifest.json1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Credential Theft	critical	background.js (line 156)	On background script startup, the extension immediately harvests the user's Instagram `ds_user_id` and `sessionid` session cookies and caches them in the global `instagramCookies` variable. These are the primary authe…	1.6.5.9
2	Network Interception	critical	background.js (line 179)	The extension intercepts every outgoing request to instagram.com using `onBeforeSendHeaders` in blocking mode, injecting the user's harvested session cookies into the Cookie header and spoofing the User-Agent to imper…	1.6.5.9
3	Network Interception	critical	background.js (line 272)	The extension strips all `Content-Security-Policy` headers and removes `X-Frame-Options`/`Frame-Options` from every Instagram response. Nulling the CSP disables the browser's XSS and injection protections for the enti…	1.6.5.9
4	Unauthorized Data Collection	critical	background.js (line 443)	The background script implements an open cross-origin fetch proxy: any content script can send `{contentScriptQuery: "queryPrice", itemId: <any URL>}` and receive the full response text. This is exploited in `dms.js` …	1.6.5.9
5	Code Injection	high	js/ua.js (line 1)	The extension injects JavaScript into the page context via dynamically created script elements to override `navigator.userAgent`, `navigator.vendor`, `navigator.platform`, and `screen.orientation.type`, spoofing the d…	1.6.5.9
6	Credential Theft	high	background.js (line 18)	The background script reads the Instagram CSRF token from cookies and relays it back to content scripts on demand. In `followers.js`, this token is used to make authenticated POST requests to `/web/friendships/{id}/fo…	1.6.5.9
7	Data Exfiltration	high	manifest.json (line 33)	The manifest declares `externally_connectable` with a hardcoded foreign extension ID (`khodhonccikdiiooognnfghfmcofjacl`), allowing that other extension to send messages directly into this extension's background scrip…	1.6.5.9
8	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	js/dms.js (line 32)	The extension accesses the user's private Instagram Direct Messages inbox and individual conversation threads via the private mobile API (`i.instagram.com/api/v1/direct_v2/inbox/` and `/threads/{id}/`). All message co…	1.6.5.9
9	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	js/inject.js (line 1336)	The 'promo' bot feature automatically posts comments to other users' Instagram posts using the victim's authenticated session. It iterates through a list of accounts (followers of a target), opens each profile in a hi…	1.6.5.9
10	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	background.js (line 391)	The extension silently acquires a Google OAuth token via `chrome.identity.getAuthToken` with `interactive: true`, which can prompt the user for Google account access. This token is used to call the Chrome Web Store li…	1.6.5.9

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URLs

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docs.google.com	/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRHrYdRZlrpX31Ey-wlU5oI_bKmDXAoLrWc0TnF27Rr8iSvw/viewform	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRHrYdRZlrpX31Ey-wlU5oI_bKmDXAoLrWc0TnF27Rr8iSvw/viewform
www.instagram.com	-	https://www.instagram.com
www.instagram.com	-	https://www.instagram.com/
www.googleapis.com	/chromewebstore/v1.1/userlicenses/	https://www.googleapis.com/chromewebstore/v1.1/userlicenses/
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
bootswatch.com	-	https://bootswatch.com
getbootstrap.com	-	https://getbootstrap.com/
www.w3.org	/2000/svg	http://www.w3.org/2000/svg

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66.0.0.14	IPv4	-
1.6.6.0	IPv4	-

3.1 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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dont work

Philipp Ritz·6 Apr 2023

Кнопок типа "скачать все" - нет(

Tim Tuz·1 Jan 2023

Мо��одцы, пока пашет

Aidar·23 Nov 2022

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Social Helper

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Code Review Findings Summary Across 6 Versions10

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