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Security report for confilegal.com

Confilegal · Media · Spain

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

74/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Confilegal is a well-established Spanish legal news media platform founded in 2014, providing comprehensive judicial and legal news targeted at legal professionals, judicial sector members, administration, and companies. The website offers subscription services and generates revenue primarily through advertising and partnerships. It maintains a consistent brand presence and delivers quality content relevant to its audience. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including Bootstrap, Yoast SEO, and various advertising and analytics integrations. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly, though some lazy loading image errors were detected. Security posture is good with HTTPS enforced and clientTransferProhibited domain status, but DNSSEC is not enabled and some security headers are not explicitly set. Privacy compliance is partially implemented with a cookie consent mechanism but lacks a visible privacy policy or terms of service. No direct contact information or security incident response contacts are found. Overall, the domain registration data is consistent with the website's claims, supporting legitimacy.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
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

4 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.

    • 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 Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Cloudflare, Google APIs

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  2. 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 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

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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
65
Security headers
80
Email security
75
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
74

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

Confilegal occupies a niche in the Spanish legal media market, targeting professionals and institutions in the judicial and legal sectors. Its business model combines subscription-based access with advertising revenue, supported by partnerships such as Wolters Kluwer. The site demonstrates a mature digital presence with extensive content and regular updates. The partnership ecosystem and presence of legal awards enhance its market position. Growth indicators include active content publishing and integration of modern marketing and analytics tools. However, the absence of explicit contact and security policies may limit trust for some users.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses Cloudflare DNS and nameservers, providing a solid baseline security posture. The domain status clientTransferProhibited adds protection against unauthorized transfers. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, which is a recommended security enhancement. The site lacks explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options in the HTML source, which could improve protection against common web attacks. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy is present, and no direct security contact emails are found. The cookie consent mechanism is implemented, indicating awareness of privacy regulations. Some broken images due to lazy loading errors may indicate minor technical maintenance issues. Overall, the security posture is good but could be improved with additional headers, DNSSEC, and published security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service accessible from the homepage footer or header.
  3. Add a security.txt file and a vulnerability disclosure policy with clear contact information for security incidents.
  4. Implement additional HTTP security headers explicitly, including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Fix broken lazy loading images and ensure all media assets load correctly to improve user experience and SEO.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Confilegal
Description
El medio de referencia sobre la actualidad jurídica española para los profesionales del derecho, el mundo judicial, administración y empresas.
Key services
legal news, judicial updates, professional legal content, subscription services, legal awards (Premios Confilegal)
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO Premium, Google Fonts, Font Awesome, Bootstrap 4, jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, OneSignal, Smart AdServer, AdSense, Inmobi CMP, Perfmatters, Schema Plugin
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • clientTransferProhibited domain status
  • cookie consent mechanism implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, LinkedIn Insight, Scorecard Research, Metricool
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google AdSense, Smart AdServer, Adkaora (Hadoqmedia), Evolution Group ADV, Inmobi CMP
Tracking pixels
LinkedIn Insight, Scorecard Research, Metricool, MailerLite, OneSignal
Marketing tools
MailerLite, Metricool
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional Spanish legal news media platform
  2. Content is rich and updated with recent articles and news
  3. Uses WordPress CMS with common plugins and advertising integrations
  4. Cookie consent and GDPR compliance mechanisms are implemented
  5. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found on homepage
  6. No visible privacy policy or terms of service links detected in main HTML
  7. Security headers partially implemented; DNSSEC missing
  8. Advertising and tracking scripts are extensive, indicating monetization focus
  9. No WAF or blocking mechanisms detected
  10. Domain WHOIS data consistent and domain age supports trust
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with a modern and widely used technology stack including Bootstrap 4, jQuery, Font Awesome, and Yoast SEO Premium plugin for SEO optimization. It integrates multiple advertising networks such as Google AdSense, Smart AdServer, and others, alongside analytics tools like Google Analytics and LinkedIn Insight. The site uses Cloudflare for DNS and nameservers but does not have DNSSEC enabled. Performance is moderate with some lazy loading image errors detected. Mobile optimization is good, and SEO practices are well implemented with meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. Accessibility is basic but could be improved. The site uses cookie consent mechanisms compliant with GDPR. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from performance tuning and enhanced security configurations.
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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