firefox-extension-video-download-helper

LOW

maintainer mutoroglin 3 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The package downloads a prebuilt .xpi (Firefox extension) from addons.mozilla.org, which is the official and trusted source for Firefox add-ons, even though the host was flagged as non-standard; this is a normal and safe practice for installing browser extensions.

Triggered rules

Low AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt .xpi (Firefox extension) from addons.mozilla.org, which is the official and trusted source for Firefox add-ons, even though the host was flagged as non-standard; this is a normal and safe practice for installing browser extensions.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

Medium source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

PKGBUILD:16 source=("license.html::https://help.downloadhelper.net/article/6-what-is-vdh"

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Joerg Weislogel mutoroglin [at] posteo [dot] de
    
      2# Contributor: Felix Golatofski contact [at] xdfr [dot] de
    
      3# Contributor: nicoulaj julien.nicoulaud [at] gmail [dot] com
    
      4
    
      5pkgname=firefox-extension-video-download-helper
    
      6pkgver=10.5.49.2
    
      7pkgrel=1
    
      8pkgdesc='The easy way to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites.'
    
      9arch=('any')
    
      10url='https://www.downloadhelper.net'
    
      11license=('LicenseRef-proprietary')
    
      12depends=('firefox')
    
      13groups=('firefox-addons')
    
      14optdepends=('vdhcoapp: companion app, see https://www.downloadhelper.net/install-coapp'
    
      15            'vdhcoapp-bin: companion app (binary version)')
    
      16source=("license.html::https://help.downloadhelper.net/article/6-what-is-vdh"
    
      17        "extension_${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.xpi::https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/5014115/video_downloadhelper-${pkgver}.xpi")
    
      18
    
      19noextract=("usage_conditions.html"
    
      20           "extension_${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.xpi")
    
      21sha256sums=(SKIP
    
      22            '6b2a2f953da4d52c5057872e6dc13926d3ce05e76883dcf0fb5bac40f66d7465')
    
      23
    
      24package() {
    
      25  install -Dm644 extension_${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.xpi "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/firefox/browser/extensions/{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}.xpi"
    
      26  install -Dm644 license.html "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE.html"
    
      27}
    
      28

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-09 00:04
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-17 00:27
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Maintainer: Joerg Weislogel mutoroglin [at] posteo [dot] de
-# Contributor: Felix Golatofski contact [st] xdfr [dot] de
+# Contributor: Felix Golatofski contact [at] xdfr [dot] de
 # Contributor: nicoulaj julien.nicoulaud [at] gmail [dot] com
 
 pkgname=firefox-extension-video-download-helper
-pkgver=10.5.33.2
+pkgver=10.5.49.2
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='The easy way to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites.'
 arch=('any')
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 optdepends=('vdhcoapp: companion app, see https://www.downloadhelper.net/install-coapp'
             'vdhcoapp-bin: companion app (binary version)')
 source=("license.html::https://help.downloadhelper.net/article/6-what-is-vdh"
-        "extension_${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.xpi::https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/4963150/video_downloadhelper-${pkgver}.xpi")
+        "extension_${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.xpi::https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/5014115/video_downloadhelper-${pkgver}.xpi")
 
 noextract=("usage_conditions.html"
            "extension_${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.xpi")
 sha256sums=(SKIP
-            '50669f796e817c26fea07167be46ac99c379100eb059e13621635c2b3966a38d')
+            '6b2a2f953da4d52c5057872e6dc13926d3ce05e76883dcf0fb5bac40f66d7465')
 
 package() {
   install -Dm644 extension_${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.xpi "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/firefox/browser/extensions/{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}.xpi"

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-09-17 00:27:14	Low	2
2026-09-16 00:03:17	Low	2
2026-09-15 00:25:31	Low	2
2026-09-14 00:27:57	Low	2
2026-09-13 00:19:54	Low	2
2026-09-12 00:25:17	Low	2
2026-09-11 00:19:22	Low	2
2026-09-10 00:22:44	Low	2
2026-09-09 07:19:13	Medium	1
2026-09-09 00:04:09	Low	2
2026-09-08 00:18:08	Low	2
2026-09-07 00:30:15	Low	2
2026-09-06 00:17:06	Low	2
2026-09-05 00:16:27	Low	2
2026-09-04 00:03:13	Low	2
2026-09-03 00:15:47	Low	2
2026-09-02 00:02:31	Low	2
2026-09-01 00:11:19	Low	2
2026-08-31 00:19:57	Low	2
2026-08-30 00:04:14	Low	2