# HostHeader

> The Host Header is sent in the HTTP request. All others headers are removed as possible.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hostheader`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Katchov
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-09-22
- **First published:** 2023-09-21
- **Size:** 8.30 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hostheader/)

## Description

The Host Header is sent in the HTTP request. All other headers are removed as possible. Some of the removed headers: Accept-Encoding, Accept-Language, Connection, Cookie, DNT, Referer, Upgrade-Insecure-Requests, User-Agent, etc.

## Rankings

- #132,426 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/hostheader)