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Security report for bruve.lv

Bruve.lv · Retail · Latvia

High risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Network security and 2 other checks.

Security score

38/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Bruve.lv is a Latvian e-commerce retailer specializing in homebrewing supplies including brewing equipment, malts, hops, yeasts, and accessories. The website targets homebrewers and beer enthusiasts primarily in Latvia, offering a niche product catalog with a professional online storefront powered by WordPress and WooCommerce. The site demonstrates a moderate level of digital maturity with modern plugins and SEO optimizations but lacks visible privacy and cookie policies, which impacts compliance posture. Security practices include HTTPS enforcement and some content security policy measures, though no formal vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is published. Overall, the business appears legitimate and focused on a specialized retail market segment.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
33/ 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

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

  2. Network security

    Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.

    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: MySQL

      Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection
    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: PostgreSQL

      Port 5432 (PostgreSQL) is publicly accessible - PostgreSQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to PostgreSQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection

  3. 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"

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
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  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
47
Security headers
15
Email security
55
DNS health
80
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
33
Average
38

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 · found on this site
  • 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 company operates in the retail and e-commerce sector, focusing on brewing supplies. It leverages partnerships such as with allforbeer.lv and maintains a social media presence on Facebook. The business model is direct online sales with product categories well organized for the target audience. The site content and product offerings indicate a small-sized enterprise founded around 2017. The use of multiple WordPress plugins and multilingual support suggests an intent to expand reach. However, the absence of explicit contact details and compliance documentation may limit trust for some customers.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and implements some security headers, indicating a baseline security posture. The presence of CSP fallback handling in JavaScript shows awareness of content security policies, though improvements are needed to avoid fallback triggers. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure is found, and no incident response contacts are published, which are gaps in security maturity. The site does not expose sensitive data in HTML and uses lazy loading to optimize performance and reduce attack surface. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be enhanced with formal policies and disclosures.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with explicit GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Implement and make publicly available a security.txt file for vulnerability reporting.
  3. Add clear contact information including company emails and phone numbers for customer and security inquiries.
  4. Review and strengthen Content Security Policy to avoid fallback issues and improve protection.
  5. Regularly audit and update WordPress plugins and themes to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Bruve.lv
Description
Veikals Alus Brūvētājiem
Key services
Sale of brewing equipment, Sale of brewing ingredients (malts, hops, yeasts, additives), Accessories for brewing and fermentation, Gift cards
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, WooCommerce, WP Rocket, Yoast SEO, jQuery, Google Fonts, MakeCommerce payment gateway, Omniva shipping plugin, TranslatePress multilingual, Jetpack, WPBakery Page Builder, Slider Revolution, Darklup Lite WP Dark Mode, Woodmart theme
Frameworks
WooCommerce, WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of CSP with fallback
  • Lazy loading scripts to reduce attack surface
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
WordPress.com Stats
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
WordPress.com Stats (stats.wp.com)
Marketing tools
Yoast SEO, Jetpack
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a WordPress WooCommerce store focused on homebrewing supplies.
  2. Content is in Latvian with English language option available.
  3. No visible privacy, cookie, or terms of service pages found in HTML content.
  4. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in the provided HTML snippet.
  5. Social media presence confirmed via Facebook link.
  6. Uses multiple modern WordPress plugins and optimizations (WP Rocket, Yoast SEO).
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
  8. No data protection officer contact found.
  9. No incident response or security policy pages detected.
  10. WHOIS data unavailable due to query limit error.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with WooCommerce for e-commerce functionality. It uses a modern tech stack including WP Rocket for performance optimization, Yoast SEO for search engine optimization, and multiple plugins for multilingual support, payment gateways, and shipping integration. The site loads Google Fonts and jQuery libraries, and employs lazy loading for scripts and images. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization. Accessibility is basic but could be improved. SEO is well addressed with structured data and meta tags. Hosting provider details are not evident from the HTML content.
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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