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Security report for carteculture.ch

Caritas · Non-profit · Switzerland

High risk. 7 critical or high findings in Network security, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

49/100

Risk levelHigh

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

CarteCulture.ch is a Swiss non-profit website operated under the auspices of Caritas, providing a free personal discount card to financially disadvantaged adults and children aged five and above. The card offers up to 70% discounts on over 4200 cultural, sports, educational, and health offers across Switzerland. The website is multilingual, with French as the primary language for this domain, and supports other Swiss national languages via related domains. The business model focuses on social inclusion and cultural participation, positioning CarteCulture as a trusted national social program supported by Caritas and certified by ZEWO. Technically, the site is built on TYPO3 CMS with a modern but stable technology stack including Bootstrap, jQuery, and Google services for analytics and tag management. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly, with good navigation and content quality. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and privacy-conscious analytics configurations, though explicit security policies and incident response contacts are not published. Overall, the domain registration data aligns well with the website's claims, indicating legitimacy and trustworthiness.

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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

  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 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';…

  3. 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

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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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
95
Security headers
70
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
35
Average
58
After the cap
49

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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention carteculture.ch, from OffSeq Breach.

No leaked records found

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

CarteCulture.ch operates in the non-profit sector, targeting low-income individuals and families in Switzerland to facilitate access to cultural and social activities. Its competitive advantage lies in its extensive network of over 4200 offers and the backing of Caritas, a well-known Swiss charity. The business model is donation and partnership-driven, with opportunities for partners to support or join the program. The website's multilingual support and regional offer segmentation demonstrate a mature market approach. The presence of ZEWO certification and social media engagement further enhance credibility. Growth potential exists through digital adoption of the CarteCulture card and expanding partner networks. The partnership ecosystem includes Caritas and certification bodies, reinforcing trust and operational stability.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and privacy-respecting analytics configurations such as IP anonymization. A cookie consent mechanism is implemented, indicating GDPR awareness. However, the absence of a published security policy, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms suggests room for improvement in transparency and readiness. No security headers were explicitly detected in the provided data, and no vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found. The use of third-party libraries appears standard and up-to-date, minimizing risk. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced by publishing formal policies and implementing additional security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and commitments.
  2. Provide clear incident response contact information such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  3. Implement and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Add security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to improve defense in depth.
  5. Regularly review and update third-party libraries and CMS extensions to mitigate vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Caritas
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Caritas
Description
Avec la CarteCulture, les personnes les plus défavorisées peuvent également participer à la vie sociale - grâce à de nombreuses offres à prix réduit dans les domaines de la culture, du sport, de la formation et de la santé. La CarteCulture est un engagement de Caritas.
Key services
CarteCulture card issuance, Discount offers in culture, sport, education, health, Digital version of CarteCulture
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
TYPO3 CMS, Bootstrap 3.3.6, jQuery, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Maps API, Owl Carousel, Font Awesome, Lightbox2
Frameworks
TYPO3 CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • IP anonymization in Google Analytics
  • Cookie consent mechanism

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
basic

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 challenges.
  2. Content is in French targeting Swiss audience with multilingual support.
  3. Strong social mission focused on cultural inclusion for disadvantaged groups.
  4. Uses modern CMS TYPO3 with standard web technologies.
  5. Good privacy and cookie policy presence with consent mechanism.
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response info published.
  7. No visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data.
  8. Uses Google Analytics with IP anonymization for privacy.
  9. Clear contact address and social media presence.
  10. ZEWO certification indicates trustworthiness in charity sector.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on TYPO3 CMS, a robust and widely used open-source content management system, combined with Bootstrap 3.3.6 for responsive design and jQuery for client-side scripting. Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager are used for analytics and marketing tags, with IP anonymization enabled for privacy. The site uses Google Maps API for location services and Owl Carousel and Lightbox2 for UI components. The site is mobile-optimized and includes SEO best practices such as canonical URLs and hreflang tags for multilingual support. Performance is moderate, with compressed and merged JavaScript assets. The technical stack is stable and well-maintained, though upgrading Bootstrap to a more recent version could improve security and performance. Accessibility is basic but functional. Hosting provider details were not found in the data.
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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