# Cve Searcher

> Search a piece of highlighted text in either nvd.nist.gov or cve.mitre.org

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/cve-searcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/cve-searcher)

## Overview

- **ID:** `cve-searcher`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** bpmcdevitt
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 17
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-05-31
- **First published:** 2021-05-30
- **Size:** 9.44 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cve-searcher/)
- **Website:** [https://git.mcdevitt.tech/bpmcdevitt/cve\_searcher/](https://git.mcdevitt.tech/bpmcdevitt/cve_searcher/)

## Description

Cve Searcher is a Firefox add-on that enables you to conveniently search for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) by highlighting the CVE ID and using a right-click context menu. It provides easy access to search for CVEs on National Vulnerability Database (NVD) or MITRE websites by opening a new tab with the relevant search results. Enhance your vulnerability analysis with this simple and time-saving add-on.

## Rankings

- #27,036 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardWrite`
- `contextMenus`
- `menus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/cve-searcher)