How safe are userscripts?

Here are screenshots of my settings for Tampermonkey so that it only runs on certain sites:

Screenshot Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Right click on Tampermonkey icon => “Manage Extensions” => set “Site access” to “On specific sites”

Screenshot Google Chrome

Right click on Tampermonkey icon => “Manage Extensions” => set “Site access” to “On specific sites”

Most of the permitted sites in the screenshot are for installing and updating userscripts. Sometimes Tampermonkey might ask for access to additional sites:

Permission request screenshot (in German, sorry)

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In these cases, you have the choice to either allow or deny the additional access rights.

I haven’t seen similar options in Firefox yet.

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