# urlscan.io

> A sandbox for the web The official urlscan.io browser extension - Shows information about the current website and lets you trigger website scans.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `urlscan-io`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** urlscan.io
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 36
- **Version:** 0.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-22
- **First published:** 2025-04-14
- **Size:** 238 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/urlscan-io/)
- **Website:** [https://urlscan.io](https://urlscan.io/)

## Description

The official <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/eeff94eb70e0c9c3fdd127bd75988a98c182ce17c532986ac6ad5f0105d4e7c7/http%3A//urlscan.io" rel="nofollow">urlscan.io</a> browser allows users to check the status of the current page on <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/eeff94eb70e0c9c3fdd127bd75988a98c182ce17c532986ac6ad5f0105d4e7c7/http%3A//urlscan.io" rel="nofollow">urlscan.io</a>. Users can also submit the current URL for scanning on <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/eeff94eb70e0c9c3fdd127bd75988a98c182ce17c532986ac6ad5f0105d4e7c7/http%3A//urlscan.io" rel="nofollow">urlscan.io</a>.

## Rankings

- #18,801 — Overall
- #34 — scan
- #210 — submit

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `notifications`
- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`

### Host permissions

- `https://urlscan.io/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/urlscan-io)