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Security report for avilesvoluntariado.org

Ayuntamiento de Avilés · Government · Spain

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

48/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Avilés Voluntariado is a municipal government initiative by the Ayuntamiento de Avilés, Spain, focused on promoting and coordinating volunteer activities within the city. The website serves as an information hub connecting volunteers with local entities and projects, offering training, recognition, and resources to foster community participation. The platform is positioned as a trusted local government service with a clear target audience of citizens interested in volunteering and social engagement. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including Bootstrap, BuddyPress, and various plugins for community and GDPR compliance. It is hosted by Acens Technologies, S.L.U., and uses HTTPS with a good security posture, although some security headers could be improved. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices and structured data enhancing discoverability. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates solid practices such as HTTPS enforcement, GDPR cookie consent, and secure form handling. No critical vulnerabilities or suspicious activities were detected. The WHOIS data aligns well with the website's municipal nature, showing consistent registration details and no privacy protection, which is appropriate for a public entity. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and well-maintained, serving its community-oriented mission effectively. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, enabling DNSSEC, and publishing explicit security and incident response policies to further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

8 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 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

    • 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

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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
20
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
35
Average
48

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

The website represents a local government service aimed at facilitating volunteerism and civic participation in Avilés. Its competitive advantage lies in official municipal backing, comprehensive volunteer resources, and integration with local entities. The business model is public sector service provision without commercial revenue streams. Target customers are local residents and volunteer organizations. Growth indicators include active content updates and social media engagement. The partnership ecosystem includes related community platforms like avilesparticipa.org. The operation is focused on social impact and community development rather than profit.

Security posture

The security maturity level is good for a municipal website. HTTPS is enforced, and GDPR compliance is evident through cookie consent and privacy policy. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were found. However, the absence of some HTTP security headers and DNSSEC indicates room for improvement. Incident response and security policies are not publicly documented, which could be a compliance gap. The site uses secure login forms with nonce tokens and integrates Facebook SDK securely. Overall, the security posture supports the site's trustworthiness but could benefit from enhanced transparency and technical hardening.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Implement additional HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Publish explicit security and incident response policies on the website to improve transparency and compliance.
  4. Regularly update WordPress core, themes, and plugins to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  5. Consider adding a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Ayuntamiento de Avilés
Description
Proyecto de Participación y Cambio Social. Oficina del Voluntariado dentro del Servicio de Participación Ciudadana que facilita información y conecta voluntarios con entidades locales.
Key services
Information and connection for volunteers, Promotion and sensitization of volunteer action, Support to local volunteer entities, Volunteer project offers, Training courses, Recognition of volunteer work
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, Google Analytics, Facebook SDK, Revolution Slider, Bootstrap, BuddyPress, Contact Form 7, GDPR plugin
Frameworks
Bootstrap, BuddyPress
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled site
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of GDPR cookie consent plugin
  • Secure login forms with nonce tokens

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook SDK
Marketing tools
Facebook SDK
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a municipal volunteer coordination platform for Avilés, Spain.
  2. Content is in Spanish and well-structured with clear navigation.
  3. Uses WordPress with common plugins for community and content management.
  4. Includes GDPR-compliant cookie consent and privacy policy.
  5. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
  6. Social media presence on Facebook and Instagram linked.
  7. No terms of service page found.
  8. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a WordPress CMS with a combination of plugins including BuddyPress for community features, Contact Form 7 for forms, GDPR compliance plugins, and Revolution Slider for visual content. The hosting provider is Acens Technologies, S.L.U. The site loads moderate resources including Google Fonts, Facebook SDK, and Google Analytics scripts. Mobile optimization and accessibility features are well implemented, including an accessibility toolbar. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in resource loading and caching. The site uses modern JavaScript libraries and CSS frameworks, but some legacy scripts like jQuery Migrate are present, indicating partial modernization.
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

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