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Security report for acmethemes.com

Acme Themes · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

69/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

Acme Themes is a specialized WordPress theme development company offering a range of free and premium responsive themes targeted at WordPress users and small to medium businesses. The company emphasizes quality coding, elegant design, SEO friendliness, and excellent customer support, positioning itself as a niche player in the WordPress theme market. Their business model revolves around theme sales and support services, supported by a professional website with clear navigation and trust signals such as testimonials and social media presence. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including Easy Digital Downloads for e-commerce, Yoast SEO for optimization, and various marketing and analytics tools. The site is mobile optimized and performs moderately well, though accessibility features could be improved. Security posture is good with HTTPS enforced and reCAPTCHA on login forms, but lacks some advanced security headers and explicit incident response policies. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant, enhancing user trust. However, the absence of WHOIS registrant data reduces domain trustworthiness, suggesting either recent registration or privacy protection. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but could benefit from enhanced transparency and security practices.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
75
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
69

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Acme Themes operates in the technology sector, focusing on WordPress theme development and sales. Their competitive advantage lies in offering both free and premium themes with strong customer support and live chat assistance. The company targets WordPress users, developers, and businesses seeking affordable, SEO-friendly themes. Revenue streams include theme sales and support services. The presence of multiple social media channels and customer testimonials indicates active engagement and a growing user base. The partnership with Acme Information Technology (acmeit.org) suggests a broader organizational structure. The company appears to be small-sized and founded around 2018, with consistent branding and good content quality. Strategic observations include the need to improve domain registration transparency and enhance security policies to strengthen market position.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced site-wide, use of Google reCAPTCHA on login forms to prevent automated abuse, and secure form handling with nonces. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security represents a gap that could be exploited by attackers. There is no publicly available security policy or incident response information, which limits transparency and preparedness perception. The site complies with GDPR through privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms. Overall, the security maturity is good but can be improved by implementing recommended headers, publishing security policies, and establishing a vulnerability disclosure program.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection, and Strict-Transport-Security to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish explicit security and incident response policies on the website to improve transparency and user trust.
  3. Establish a vulnerability disclosure program and consider adding a security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to comply with standards and improve user experience for all visitors.
  5. Increase domain registration transparency by ensuring WHOIS data is complete and accurate to improve legitimacy and trustworthiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Acme Themes
Description
Acme Themes is team of expert WordPress developers. We provide Best Premium and Free Responsive WordPress Themes with incredible support & many other services.
Key services
Premium WordPress themes, Free WordPress themes, Theme support, Theme customization, Live chat support
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Easy Digital Downloads, Gutentor plugin, Yoast SEO, Google reCAPTCHA, Facebook Pixel, Google Analytics, Tawk.to live chat, FastSpring payment integration, jQuery, FontAwesome
Frameworks
Yoast SEO
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Google reCAPTCHA on login form
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure login form with nonce
  • Use of security plugins (implied by reCAPTCHA and nonce)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
Mailchimp for WordPress
Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is a WordPress-based theme provider offering free and premium themes.
  2. Content is professionally presented with clear navigation and multiple trust signals.
  3. No WHOIS data available, which is unusual and reduces domain trust score.
  4. Security practices are good but could be improved with additional headers and policies.
  5. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant.
  6. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found; contact is via form only.
  7. Multiple social media profiles linked, enhancing credibility.
  8. Use of multiple third-party scripts for analytics, marketing, and live chat.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with a modern and well-integrated technology stack including Easy Digital Downloads for e-commerce functionality, Gutentor for block editing, Yoast SEO for search engine optimization, and multiple third-party services such as Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and Tawk.to live chat. The site uses jQuery and FontAwesome for UI components and icons. Performance is moderate with optimizations such as preconnect and dns-prefetch hints. The site is mobile responsive and SEO optimized with proper meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). However, there is room for improvement in accessibility and security header implementation. The presence of multiple external scripts requires ongoing monitoring for vulnerabilities. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports the business goals effectively but should be regularly audited and updated.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 69/100Medium31 findingsView report
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