SAML Chrome Panel

SAML Chrome Panel

Extends the Developer Tools, adding support for SAML Requests and Responses to be displayed in the Developer Tools window

What is SAML Chrome Panel?
SAML Chrome Panel is a Chrome extension that adds SAML debugging functionality to your browser. Operating as an additional panel in Chrome's Developer Tools, it monitors a tab's traffic, and formats and displays SAML requests and responses for easy analysis. This Open Source extension lets you import/export browser traffic, toggle the display of SAML traffic, and scrub links on the current page, amongst other features.
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By: MLai
Users: 100,000+
Rating: 3.94 (51)
Version: 1.9.6 (Last updated: 2023-06-05)
Creation date: 2017-11-18
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • scripting
  • activeTab
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 187.39K
URLs: Website
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Summary

This is an Open Source SAML debugger for Chrome. It operates as another panel in the Chrome Developer Tools section, which monitors the traffic in the current active tab. This panel is trying to replicate what the Firefox version of SAML Tracer does as there wasn't a good enough one (or any) for Chrome at the time of writing this.

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/milton-lai/saml-chrome-panel Feel free to branch and help make this even better!

It is designed to display all network traffic, along with the request and response data. If there is a SAML request or response, then it will grab the message, format it nicely and show it to you in another tab.

Updates:

  • Set links to open in the same browser -- There is a new feature to "Scrub" the links in the current page. Basically, it will update all anchor tags and set their target attribute to equal '_self'. This should address the issue of having SAML transactions opening up in new tabs and such. This is the best implementation I could think of as I'm unable to listen to all traffic on all tabs.
  • Import and export the network traffic. -- It imports and exports the traffic on the browser in a JSON format.
  • Toggle showing SAML traffic.

Please note that at the moment, I've only looked at OpenAM Redirect and POST SAML transactions (as that is what I've got access to). If there are others which are working, please let me know. If there are SSO frameworks that are not working, then also please let me know and I'll try to get it working (e.g. SOAP).

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great tool for debugging SAML requests/responses
  • Integrates into developer tools, unobtrusive
  • Easy to use with a good layout and interface
  • Helpful in multi-tenant SAML integration
  • Features like import/export and traffic toggle are useful
Cons
  • Issues with the panel not appearing in dev tools in various versions of Chrome
  • Crashes very easily mentioned by one user
  • Only captures traffic in the active tab, not all opened tabs
  • Lack of features like color coding for ease of reading
Most mentioned
  • Panel not showing up or being unresponsive in dev tools
  • Ease of use and simplicity for debugging
  • Direct integration into Chrome Developer Tools
  • Useful for diagnosing and analyzing SAML issues
  • Lack of real-time capturing; needs prior inspection before SAML calls
Recent reviews
HI i have a Version 121.0.6167.85 and panel doesn't show up on dev tools can you help me ? thanks
by Shubham Saxena Shubham Saxena, 2024-01-30

Para mi gusto, la peor de las tres opciones de extensión que hay para Chrome, te obliga a estar inspeccionando y si no estás inspeccionando de antes de que se lancen las llamadas a SAML, no te aparecen, cuando las demás extensiones te las muestra la abras cuando la abras
by Paula Martínez Paula Martínez, 2023-11-07

Hi, I have a Version 118.0.5993.89 and the panel doesn't show up on the dev tools. Why ? Can you help me ? Thanks
by Yvan MARGUERITE Yvan MARGUERITE, 2023-10-19
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Safety
Risk impact

SAML Chrome Panel may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

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