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Security report for cosmeticseurope.eu

Cosmetics Europe · Other · N/a

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Cosmetics Europe is a prominent European industry association focused on promoting safe, sustainable, and innovative cosmetics and personal care products. The website serves as a platform to communicate industry initiatives such as the COSMILE Europe app, available in multiple European languages. The organization targets stakeholders within the European cosmetics sector, advocating for a flourishing industry environment. Technically, the website is built on WordPress, leveraging Bootstrap for responsive design, FontAwesome for icons, and Matomo for analytics, indicating a modern and maintainable infrastructure. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS usage implied, but lacks explicit security headers and formal security policies. Privacy compliance is weak due to absence of visible privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but would benefit from enhanced privacy and security disclosures.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 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

5 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • 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

  3. 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

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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
15
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
68
Average
61

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

The website positions Cosmetics Europe as a key industry association in the European cosmetics and personal care market. Its business model revolves around advocacy, industry collaboration, and digital tools like the COSMILE app to support member companies. The target audience includes cosmetics manufacturers, regulators, and industry stakeholders across Europe. The organization likely generates revenue through membership fees and partnerships. The site demonstrates consistent branding and good content relevance, supporting its market position. However, lack of explicit contact information and corporate details limits transparency. The partnership ecosystem is not explicitly detailed in the provided content.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and uses Matomo analytics, which is privacy-friendly compared to other analytics platforms. However, no security headers such as Content Security Policy, X-Frame-Options, or HSTS were detected, which are important for mitigating common web vulnerabilities. No forms or input fields were found, reducing attack surface. There is no evidence of published incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies, which are important for security maturity. Privacy compliance is limited, with no visible GDPR-related disclosures or cookie consent mechanisms. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be significantly improved by implementing security headers, formal policies, and transparent privacy practices.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with explicit GDPR compliance statements and consent mechanisms.
  3. Add a dedicated security or vulnerability disclosure page and consider publishing a security.txt file.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience for all users.
  5. Provide clear and verifiable contact information including emails and phone numbers to improve trust and compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Cosmetics Europe
Description
Working together for safe, sustainable & innovative cosmetics and personal care products in Europe. The COSMILE Europe app available now in five additional languages. Cosmetics Europe makes the COSMILE Europe app available in Italian, Bulgarian, Finnish, Greek and Lithuanian. Our Vision: A flourishing European Cosmetics and personal care industry. Our Mission: To shape a European operating environment.
Key services
Industry advocacy, Safety and sustainability initiatives, COSMILE Europe app development and distribution
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Bootstrap 5.3.3, jQuery 3.7.1, FontAwesome 6.7.2, Matomo Analytics, WordPress
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS usage implied by canonical URL
  • No exposed sensitive data detected in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is professionally presented and relevant to the European cosmetics industry.
  3. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found in the provided HTML.
  4. Use of modern web technologies and analytics tools.
  5. No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses explicitly found in the provided content.
  6. No security headers detected in the provided data; potential area for improvement.
  7. No forms detected in the provided HTML snippet.
  8. Strong branding consistency and good SEO metadata usage.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with Bootstrap 5.3.3 for responsive design and FontAwesome 6.7.2 for iconography, indicating use of modern and widely supported technologies. Matomo analytics is used for user tracking, favoring privacy. The site loads external resources from reputable CDNs such as jsDelivr and FontAwesome's official CDN. Performance is moderate, with no explicit performance optimization details found. Mobile optimization is good due to Bootstrap usage. SEO is supported by All in One SEO plugin with structured data (JSON-LD) for organization and webpage metadata. No forms or interactive input elements were detected in the provided content. Hosting provider is not explicitly identified beyond registrar information. Technical debt appears low but security and privacy implementations require enhancement.
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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