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Security report for baronscourtvet.co.uk

Barons Court Veterinary Centre · Healthcare · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

52/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Barons Court Veterinary Centre operates as a local veterinary service provider in the Notting Hill and Barons Court areas of the United Kingdom. The website presents a professional image offering a range of veterinary services including consultations, surgery, dentistry, home visits, and 24-hour emergency care. The target audience is pet owners seeking neighborhood veterinary care. The business model is focused on personalized pet health services with a moderate market position supported by customer testimonials and social media presence. Technically, the website is built on an older version of WordPress (3.6.1) with jQuery 1.7.1 and uses common plugins such as Contact Form 7. The site includes Google Fonts and Google Analytics for tracking. While the site is functional with good design and navigation, it shows signs of technical debt and potential security risks due to outdated software and mixed content loading. Mobile optimization and accessibility are basic. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS as indicated by canonical links, but some external scripts are loaded over HTTP, creating mixed content risks. No security headers were detected in the provided data, and the outdated CMS and libraries increase vulnerability exposure. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates poor privacy compliance. The WHOIS data is unavailable and flagged with a domain naming error, raising concerns about domain legitimacy despite the professional website content. Overall, the website is moderately credible and functional but requires urgent updates to its technical stack and security posture. Privacy compliance and domain registration legitimacy should be addressed to improve trust and reduce risk.

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

9 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

  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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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
32
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
52

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

Barons Court Veterinary Centre is positioned as a small, local healthcare provider specializing in veterinary services. Its competitive advantage lies in its neighborhood focus and comprehensive pet care offerings, including emergency services. The business model relies on direct client services with revenue from consultations, treatments, and boarding. The website indicates active engagement with customers through social media and testimonials, supporting customer trust and retention. Growth indicators are limited but the presence of multiple service locations suggests stable operations. The partnership with a web design company is evident but no other strategic partnerships or subsidiaries are identified.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is low to moderate. Key vulnerabilities include outdated WordPress and jQuery versions, lack of security headers, and mixed content issues. These weaknesses expose the site to common web attacks such as cross-site scripting and man-in-the-middle attacks. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates non-compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations. Incident response and security policy information are not available, suggesting limited preparedness. The use of Google Analytics without clear privacy disclosures further impacts compliance. Overall, the security culture appears immature and requires significant improvements to protect business and customer data.

Recommendations

  1. Update WordPress core, themes, and plugins to the latest secure versions immediately.
  2. Serve all external scripts and resources over HTTPS to eliminate mixed content vulnerabilities.
  3. Implement essential security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Develop and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR and inform users.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability scans to identify and remediate risks proactively.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Barons Court Veterinary Centre
Description
A veterinary practice offering services including consultations, check-ups, surgery, dentistry, home visits, cat boarding, and 24-hour emergency care in the Notting Hill and Barons Court areas.
Key services
Consultations, Check-ups and preventative treatment, Surgery, Dentistry, Home Visits, Cat Boarding, 24 hour emergency care
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 3.6.1, jQuery 1.7.1, Google Fonts, Contact Form 7 plugin, AnythingSlider, jQuery UI
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
45/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS implied by canonical link (https://www.baronscourtvet.co.uk/)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is accessible with full content and no blocking detected.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the homepage or linked pages.
  3. Contact information includes two phone numbers clearly labeled for Notting Hill and Barons Court vet locations.
  4. Social media presence on Twitter and Facebook with official links.
  5. Website uses outdated WordPress and jQuery versions, posing security risks.
  6. Some external scripts loaded over HTTP, causing potential mixed content issues.
  7. No visible security headers detected in provided data.
  8. No email addresses explicitly found in the HTML content.
  9. No structured data (JSON-LD, Open Graph) found in the HTML head.
  10. Google Analytics is used for tracking.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on an outdated WordPress 3.6.1 platform with legacy jQuery 1.7.1 and uses several JavaScript libraries and plugins such as AnythingSlider and Contact Form 7. The site loads Google Fonts and Google Analytics for styling and analytics respectively. Some scripts are loaded over HTTP, causing mixed content issues. The site lacks modern accessibility and SEO optimizations and shows signs of technical debt. Hosting provider details are not available. Performance is moderate with room for improvement in mobile responsiveness and accessibility. The site structure and navigation are clear and user-friendly but could benefit from modernization and security hardening.
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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