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Security report for devowl.io

devowl.io GmbH · Technology · Germany

Partial score · DNS & email only

63/100

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

devowl.io GmbH is a German-based company specializing in the development of high-quality WordPress plugins and developer tools. Founded in 2019, the company targets WordPress website owners and developers seeking reliable plugins with multilingual support and fast customer service. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image, emphasizing quality and user support. The business model revolves around software sales and support services, positioning devowl.io as a niche player in the WordPress ecosystem. The company leverages partnerships with payment processors like Paddle.com and customer service tools such as Reamaze to enhance its offerings. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern plugins and frameworks including WPBakery Page Builder and Ultimate VC Addons. It uses Cloudflare for DNS, CDN, and security, ensuring fast performance and protection against common web threats. The site is well optimized for mobile devices and SEO, with good accessibility features. Analytics and user behavior tracking are implemented via Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity, with a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism ensuring GDPR compliance. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS, employs multiple security headers, and uses Cloudflare's security services. While DNSSEC is not enabled, the domain status clientTransferProhibited adds a layer of domain security. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. Privacy compliance is robust, with clear policies and consent management. However, the site could improve by publishing a dedicated security policy and vulnerability disclosure program. Overall, devowl.io presents a low-risk profile with strong business credibility, good technical infrastructure, and solid privacy and security practices. Strategic recommendations include enabling DNSSEC, enhancing Content-Security-Policy enforcement, and formalizing security incident response and vulnerability disclosure processes to further strengthen trust and resilience.

Scanned

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3 of 7 checks could not complete. The site may be unreachable or blocking automated scans, so the results below cover only what could be checked. Try a rescan later.

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
100/ 100 · Low
Checks completed
4of 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

3 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';…

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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

Security headers
15
Email security
75
GDPR outside view
100
Average
63

Not counted

  • SSL/TLS: did not complete in this scan.
  • DNS health: did not complete in this scan.
  • Network security: did not complete in this scan.
  • 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

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 devowl.io, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
2
Employees
0
Customers
2
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

2 subdomains affected

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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

devowl.io GmbH operates in the technology sector, focusing on WordPress plugin development and developer tools. The company targets a specialized market segment of WordPress users and developers, offering multilingual and well-supported products. Its business model is product sales supplemented by customer support and developer resources. The company maintains partnerships with Paddle.com for payment processing and uses Reamaze for customer engagement. The website content and WHOIS data align well, indicating transparency and legitimacy. The company is small-sized, founded recently in 2019, and maintains a consistent brand presence. Trust signals include comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, use of reputable third-party services, and clear contact information.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, multiple security headers, and Cloudflare integration for DDoS protection and WAF capabilities. The domain is protected against unauthorized transfers. Cookie consent is managed with a professional plugin ensuring GDPR compliance. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found. However, DNSSEC is not enabled, and some inline scripts may weaken Content-Security-Policy effectiveness. The absence of a published security policy or incident response contact is a gap. Overall, the site is secure but could benefit from formalizing security governance and improving DNS security.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to enhance DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Strengthen Content-Security-Policy by minimizing inline scripts and enforcing stricter rules.
  3. Publish a dedicated security policy and provide clear incident response contact information.
  4. Implement a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party plugins and scripts to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
devowl.io GmbH
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
devowl.io GmbH
Description
We build high-quality WordPress plugins. All plugins are reliable with fast support and available in multiple languages for your WordPress websites.
Key services
WordPress plugins development, Developer tools
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, WPBakery Page Builder, Cloudflare CDN and security, Real Cookie Banner Pro plugin, Ultimate VC Addons
Frameworks
WPBakery Page Builder
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • ClientTransferProhibited domain status
  • Use of Cloudflare for DDoS protection and WAF
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads, DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
VG WORT, Microsoft Clarity, Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha
Marketing tools
Reamaze Chat, Microsoft Clarity
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well maintained.
  2. Strong privacy and cookie compliance with detailed consent management.
  3. Use of reputable third-party services for analytics, security, and e-commerce.
  4. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
  5. Good alignment between WHOIS data and website business information.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS using modern plugins such as WPBakery Page Builder and Ultimate VC Addons. It leverages Cloudflare for DNS, CDN, and security services, ensuring fast loading times and protection against attacks. The site uses JavaScript libraries including jQuery and integrates analytics tools like Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity. Performance is optimized with preloading fonts and scripts, lazy loading, and caching mechanisms. Mobile optimization is good, and SEO meta tags are properly configured. Technical debt appears low, but opportunities exist to improve security headers and reduce inline scripting for better CSP compliance.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 74/100Medium25 findingsView report
  2. 74/100Medium25 findingsView report
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