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Security report for cardeal.lv

CarDeal · Transportation · Latvia

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

CarDeal is a Latvian-based company specializing in vehicle purchase and trade-in services across Latvia, targeting car owners seeking quick and reliable auto sales solutions. The website positions itself as a regional player with a client base of approximately 1400 satisfied customers, offering services such as commission sales, vehicle trade-ins, and buyouts of auto leasing and rental obligations. The business model focuses on fast and secure transactions with a promise of best prices and quick offer preparation. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including Bootstrap, jQuery, and various marketing and analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly, with clear navigation and consistent branding. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms in place, but lacks explicit security headers and published security policies or incident response information. WHOIS data could not be retrieved due to query limits, limiting domain trust analysis. Overall, the website presents a professional and trustworthy front for its business, but could improve transparency and security practices.

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

9 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

    • 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

  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 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
72
Security headers
50
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
60

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

CarDeal operates in the transportation sector, specifically in automotive purchase and trade-in services within Latvia. The company leverages a digital platform to facilitate vehicle sales, commission sales, and trade-ins, targeting private car owners and possibly small businesses. The presence of multilingual support (Latvian and Russian) indicates a focus on the Baltic regional market. The business benefits from a moderate client base and uses digital marketing tools to enhance visibility and customer engagement. The lack of detailed company registration or parent company information suggests a small to medium-sized enterprise. Partnerships with local developers (GRANDEM) and use of popular CMS and plugins indicate a cost-effective and scalable digital infrastructure. The company’s competitive advantage lies in fast offer preparation and comprehensive vehicle acceptance policies. Growth potential exists through enhanced digital marketing and expanded service offerings.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a baseline security posture with HTTPS enabled and cookie consent implemented, aligning with GDPR requirements. However, the absence of explicit HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options represents a security gap that could expose the site to certain web-based attacks. No security.txt or incident response information is published, which limits transparency and preparedness for vulnerability disclosures or security incidents. The use of third-party analytics and marketing scripts introduces potential privacy and security risks if not regularly audited. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. Overall, the security maturity is moderate but could be significantly improved by adopting recommended best practices and publishing relevant security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a security policy and incident response page to improve transparency and readiness for security events.
  3. Add a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure and improve trust with security researchers.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate risks from vulnerable components.
  5. Enhance WHOIS transparency by ensuring domain registration details are publicly accessible to improve trustworthiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
CarDeal
Description
Auto uzpirkšana visā Latvijā | Labākās cenas garantija | Izskatīsim visus auto modeļus | Ātra piedāvājuma sagatavošana | Ātra auto iegāde | Ienāc un pārliecinies!
Key services
Car purchase, Commission sales, Vehicle trade-in, Auto leasing and rental buyout
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap 4.1.3, Bootstrap Select, Slick Carousel, Fancybox, FontAwesome, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, WordPress 6.8.2, WPML (multilingual plugin), All in One SEO
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security and analytics scripts asynchronously

Analytics and tracking

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

Advertising

Ad networks
Facebook Pixel
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
Facebook Pixel
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge.
  2. WHOIS data unavailable due to query limit error; no domain registration details extracted.
  3. Website uses HTTPS and modern web technologies.
  4. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant.
  5. Contact phone numbers and contact form are available.
  6. No security.txt or incident response information found.
  7. No terms of service page detected.
  8. No explicit security headers detected in provided data.
  9. Website content is relevant to car purchase and trade-in services in Latvia.
  10. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 6.8.2, utilizing a modern and popular tech stack including Bootstrap 4.1.3 for responsive design, jQuery for DOM manipulation, Slick Carousel and Fancybox for UI components, and FontAwesome for icons. SEO is managed via the All in One SEO plugin, and multilingual support is provided by WPML. Analytics and marketing are handled through Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Facebook Pixel, indicating a mature digital marketing setup. The site loads scripts asynchronously to optimize performance, and mobile optimization is good. However, no explicit hosting provider information was found. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in accessibility and security headers. The site uses a cookie consent mechanism compliant with GDPR, enhancing privacy compliance. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from enhanced security configurations and performance tuning.
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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