1607211 - Extension Block Request: Affiliate Browser Guard

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, task)

Description

[Ralli]

Extension name	Affiliate Browser Guard
Extension versions affected	*all
Platforms affected	*all
Block severity	hard

Reason

When a web page loads, certain web requests are redirected to random urls that were extracted from an json ajax response. Here's an example:

"abc2.adtelligent.com": Object { redirectType: "pernamently", redirectUrl: "https://osw31.bemobtrk.com/go/fe898ac4-09a5-467c-b898-4a875b6ad75a" }
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"ads.trafficjunky.com": Object { redirectType: "pernamently", redirectUrl: "https://osw31.bemobtrk.com/go/fe898ac4-09a5-467c-b898-4a875b6ad75a" }
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"ads.trafficjunky.net": Object { redirectType: "pernamently", redirectUrl: "https://osw31.bemobtrk.com/go/fe898ac4-09a5-467c-b898-4a875b6ad75a" }
​​
"aliexpress.com": Object { redirectType: "pernamently-once", redirectUrl: "http://bit.ly/eliexpress-tsu" }
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"banggood.com": Object { redirectType: "pernamently-once", redirectUrl: "https://bit.ly/2Pk6zxf" }
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"best.aliexpress.com": Object { redirectType: "pernamently-once", redirectUrl: "http://bit.ly/eliexpress-tsu" }
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"best.banggood.com": Object { redirectType: "pernamently-once", redirectUrl: "https://bit.ly/2Pk6zxf" }

Basically it could entirely change the page that's loading or modify the ads on the webpage.

Extension IDs

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Additional Information

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/affiliate-browser-guard/

Comment 1

[Andreas Wagner [:TheOne] [use NI]]

This add-on violates Mozilla's add-on policies by redirecting requests without user consent or control.

Comment 2

[Andreas Wagner [:TheOne] [use NI]]

The block has been staged. Philipp, can you review and push?

Comment 3

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen] [:📆][:🧩]]

Done.