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Security report for airbnb.se

Airbnb · Hospitality · Sweden

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Airbnb is a globally recognized online marketplace specializing in vacation rentals, unique travel experiences, and hosting services. The website targets travelers and hosts worldwide, offering access to millions of listings across more than 220 countries and regions. The platform's business model revolves around connecting hosts with guests, facilitating bookings and experiences through a digital marketplace. The website is localized for Sweden, supporting the Swedish language and currency, and is part of a broader global network of Airbnb localized sites. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including React 18, Google Tag Manager, and Partytown for script management. It integrates mapping services such as Google Maps and Mapbox, enhancing user experience for location-based searches. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, contributing to a positive user experience. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses some security best practices such as Content Security Policy for third-party widgets and script isolation via Partytown. However, explicit security headers and publicly available security policies are not evident in the provided content. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Privacy compliance indicators such as privacy and cookie policies are not clearly found in the analyzed content, which suggests room for improvement in transparency and user consent management. Overall, Airbnb's Swedish website presents a professional, trustworthy, and technically sound platform consistent with its global brand. The absence of WHOIS data for the exact domain queried is a minor anomaly but does not detract significantly from the site's legitimacy. Strategic recommendations include enhancing privacy disclosures, publishing security policies, and improving security header implementation to further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 100 · Critical
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

10 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

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

    • Critical

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

  2. 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';…

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  • Security score drift

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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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
55

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

Airbnb holds a dominant position in the global hospitality and travel marketplace, leveraging a peer-to-peer business model that enables hosts to monetize their properties and travelers to access diverse accommodations and experiences. The company benefits from a vast global footprint, multilingual support, and a strong brand reputation. Revenue streams primarily come from service fees charged to hosts and guests. The platform's ecosystem includes partnerships with payment processors and mapping services, although no direct partner domains were identified in the provided content. Growth indicators include continuous feature experimentation and localization efforts. The business model is scalable and adaptable, with a focus on user experience and trust-building.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS and use of script isolation techniques to mitigate third-party script risks. The presence of Google Tag Manager and Bugsnag indicates active monitoring and analytics. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options, as well as the absence of publicly accessible security or incident response policies, represent gaps in security transparency and defense-in-depth. No signs of vulnerabilities or data exposure were found. The site would benefit from publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy and providing clear security contact channels to enhance incident response readiness and user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Add and enforce security headers including HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to strengthen security posture.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy and provide dedicated security contact information to facilitate responsible reporting.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and dependencies to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance transparency by publishing incident response and security policies to build user trust and demonstrate security maturity.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Airbnb
Description
Boka ett Airbnb-boende för alla sorters resor → 7 miljoner semesterboenden → 2 miljoner gästfavoriter → Fler än 220 länder och regioner över hela världen
Key services
Vacation rentals, Experiences, Hosting services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
React 18.3.1, Google Tag Manager, Partytown, Mapbox, Google Maps API, IntersectionObserver, PerformanceObserver
Frameworks
React
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Content Security Policy for Twitter widgets
  • Use of Partytown for script isolation

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Bugsnag
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Bugsnag
Marketing tools
Partytown
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. No WHOIS data available for the exact domain queried.
  3. Website uses modern web technologies and frameworks.
  4. Strong brand presence and consistent multilingual support.
  5. No explicit security or privacy policies found in the provided HTML snippet.
  6. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found in the HTML content.
  7. Use of Google Analytics and Tag Manager with consent denied by default.
  8. No adult or NSFW content detected.
  9. Good mobile optimization and accessibility features observed.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using React 18, leveraging modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries for a responsive and dynamic user experience. It integrates multiple mapping APIs including Google Maps and Mapbox, and uses Partytown to offload third-party scripts for performance optimization. The site loads numerous deferred JavaScript bundles, indicating a modular architecture. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is supported by comprehensive meta tags, Open Graph data, and JSON-LD structured data for search engines. The absence of a detected CMS suggests a custom-built or proprietary platform. Hosting details are not explicitly available but the use of muscache.com CDN indicates a robust content delivery network. Opportunities exist to improve technical SEO and security header implementation.
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. 69/100 +14Medium27 findingsView report
  2. 55/100Medium32 findingsView report
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