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Security report for dicebear.com

DiceBear · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

DiceBear is an open source avatar library offering a wide variety of customizable avatar styles for developers, designers, and businesses. It provides a free and fast HTTP API for avatar generation without requiring registration, positioning itself as a niche provider in the avatar generation market. The website is professionally designed with excellent content quality, clear navigation, and mobile optimization, supporting a positive user experience. Technically, the site uses modern frameworks like VitePress and integrates cookie consent solutions from Iubenda, hosted likely on bunny.net infrastructure, ensuring fast performance and good accessibility. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent implemented, though explicit security headers and incident response information are absent. Privacy compliance is strong with comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, including GDPR considerations. The lack of WHOIS data for the domain reduces trust slightly, but the active GitHub presence and transparent licensing support legitimacy. Overall, DiceBear presents a trustworthy and professional service with room for improvement in security transparency and domain registration clarity.

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

4 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

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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
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
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

DiceBear operates in the technology sector, focusing on avatar generation services through an open source model and free API access. Its competitive advantage lies in offering 30+ avatar styles with extensive customization options and no registration barriers, appealing to developers and designers. Revenue streams are not explicit but likely include sponsorships and potential premium services. The target customers are developers, designers, and businesses needing avatars for profiles, apps, or websites. Partnerships include sponsorship by bunny.net and use of third-party avatar style creators. The company maintains a strong open source community presence on GitHub, enhancing growth and collaboration potential. Strategic observations suggest focusing on expanding business model clarity and enhancing security and compliance transparency to strengthen market position.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to strong security maturity level with HTTPS enabled and cookie consent mechanisms in place. However, it lacks explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HSTS, and X-Frame-Options, which are recommended best practices. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The absence of published security policies, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure programs indicates gaps in security governance and incident readiness. Compliance with GDPR is supported by comprehensive privacy and cookie policies. To improve security posture, DiceBear should implement security headers, publish security and incident response policies, and provide clear contact channels for security issues. These steps will enhance trust and reduce risk exposure.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to strengthen web security.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response plan accessible on the website.
  3. Establish a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Provide clear contact information for security incidents, such as a security@ or abuse@ email address.
  5. Verify and update domain WHOIS registration information to improve legitimacy and trust signals.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
DiceBear
Description
The avatar library you've always been looking for. Create avatars for your profiles, designs, websites or apps. Piece by piece or based on a seed.
Key services
Avatar generation API, Open source avatar styles, Avatar customization tools, Online playground and editor
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
VitePress, JavaScript, CSS, Iubenda cookie consent, SVG avatar generation
Frameworks
VitePress
Platforms
Web
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
iubenda cookie solution
Marketing tools
iubenda cookie consent
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and interactive avatar generation features.
  2. No WHOIS data available, indicating possible unregistered domain or privacy protection.
  3. Strong privacy and cookie policies with consent mechanisms implemented.
  4. No direct contact information or security incident contacts found on site.
  5. Use of modern web technologies and good SEO and accessibility practices.
  6. No signs of adult or questionable content; safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using modern web technologies, primarily VitePress, with JavaScript and CSS for frontend rendering. It leverages SVG for avatar images and integrates third-party cookie consent scripts from Iubenda. Hosting appears to be supported by bunny.net, a reputable CDN and hosting provider, contributing to fast load times and good performance. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as skip links and keyboard navigation. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and canonical links. There is no detected CMS, indicating a static site generation approach. Technical risks are minimal but include the lack of security headers and absence of published security governance documents. Opportunities exist to enhance security and compliance transparency and to verify domain registration status.
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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