Header Surgeon

Intercept and perform surgical operations on request headers.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-12-25

By: Bitquark

Users: 105

Rating: 2.50 (8)

Version: 0.3 (Last updated: 2012-09-14)

Creation date: 2012-09-14

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
<all_urls>

Size: 71.18K

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Summary

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New! A unique extension which allows you to intercept requests and modify headers on-the-fly.

Once activated with a click of the icon, any requests will be interrupted and the headers will be displayed as editable text. When you've edited the headers you can send the request with the new headers.

Even XHR requests are intercepted, making this extension particularly suited to penetration testing. You can even edit cookies as they pass through.

☛ Header Surgeon is designed for web application and security testing rather than making permanent changes to headers; there are other extensions better suited to this task :-)

This extension is currently in beta testing, so please keep this in mind. Please direct any feedback to the "Send Feedback" page under the "Details" tab rather than the reviews section!

Features in the works:

★ Option to make changes to the headers persistent across requests. ★ Super secret awesomeness. ★ Suggestions?

User reviews

doesn't work

by A Google user, 2017-11-15

I couldn't get it to run. Every time I clicked the icon to enable it it just brought up the options menu.

Gaz Thomas, 2014-06-24

Finally what I was looking for. Easy to use on-the-fly header edit.

D W, 2013-05-01

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Safety

Risk impact

Header Surgeon is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Header Surgeon if you trust the publisher.