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Security report for douban.com

北京豆网科技有限公司 · Media · China

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

63/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Douban (豆瓣) is a prominent Chinese online media and social networking platform operated by Beijing Douban Technology Co., Ltd. It specializes in providing recommendations, reviews, and price comparisons for books, movies, and music, alongside fostering a vibrant community through groups, forums, and local event listings. The platform integrates e-commerce features and digital reading services, targeting a broad audience interested in cultural content and lifestyle. Douban holds multiple official licenses and certifications, reinforcing its legitimacy and regulatory compliance within China. Technically, Douban employs a mix of legacy and modern web technologies including jQuery and custom JavaScript libraries, supported by analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Piwik. The website is well-structured with good mobile optimization and SEO practices, though some improvements in accessibility and security headers could enhance its technical maturity. The platform is fully accessible without WAF or blocking mechanisms, indicating stable hosting and infrastructure. From a security perspective, Douban enforces HTTPS and avoids exposing sensitive data in its HTML content. However, the absence of explicit security headers and a vulnerability disclosure policy suggests room for strengthening its security posture. Privacy compliance is moderate, with a clear privacy policy but lacking cookie consent mechanisms and GDPR-specific indicators. The WHOIS data for the domain is unavailable, which slightly impacts trust but is not uncommon for large Chinese domains. Overall, Douban presents a trustworthy and professional online presence with rich content and active community engagement. Strategic enhancements in security policies, privacy compliance, and transparency would further solidify its position and reduce potential risks.

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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

6 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 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 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

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics

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

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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
64
Security headers
50
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
63

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

Douban operates as a leading cultural media and social networking platform in China, leveraging user-generated content and community engagement to maintain a strong market position. Its diversified business model includes content recommendation, e-commerce, event promotion, and digital reading services, catering to a wide demographic interested in arts and culture. The company benefits from official regulatory certifications and a large, active user base. While the WHOIS data is not publicly available, the platform's branding consistency and business licenses support its credibility. Douban's ecosystem includes multiple subdomains serving specialized content areas, enhancing user retention and cross-service integration. Growth opportunities lie in expanding privacy compliance and security transparency to meet evolving regulatory demands.

Security posture

Douban demonstrates a solid security foundation with enforced HTTPS and no visible exposure of sensitive data. The use of iframe for login and absence of vulnerable libraries in the HTML source are positive indicators. However, the lack of security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No incident response or abuse contact information is publicly available, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files were found, which limits transparency and responsiveness to security issues. Privacy compliance is partial, with no cookie consent mechanism detected. Overall, the security posture is good but could be improved by adopting modern security headers, publishing incident response contacts, and enhancing privacy controls.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to mitigate common web attacks.
  2. Introduce a clear cookie consent banner and mechanism to improve privacy compliance and user transparency.
  3. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting and incident management.
  4. Provide explicit security incident response contact information to enhance trust and readiness.
  5. Regularly update and audit third-party libraries and scripts to avoid potential vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
北京豆网科技有限公司
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
北京豆网科技有限公司
Description
提供图书、电影、音乐唱片的推荐、评论和价格比较，以及城市独特的文化生活。
Key services
Book recommendations and reviews, Movie information and ticketing, Music streaming and reviews, Community groups and forums, E-commerce marketplace (豆品), Local events and activities, Digital reading platform
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.10.2, Custom JavaScript libraries, Google Analytics, Piwik (Matomo) analytics
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of iframe for login popup

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Piwik (Matomo)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
douban ad network
Tracking pixels
Piwik (Matomo)
Marketing tools
Piwik
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 rich content in Chinese language.
  2. No WAF or blocking detected.
  3. Strong presence of official business licenses and regulatory compliance.
  4. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banners detected.
  5. Multiple subdomains and services integrated under douban.com domain.
  6. Use of older jQuery version (1.10.2) but overall modern JavaScript usage.
  7. No visible security headers in HTML source; potential area for improvement.
  8. No direct contact emails or security incident contacts found in HTML.
  9. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page detected.
  10. Content is culturally focused, safe, and suitable for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a combination of legacy (jQuery 1.10.2) and custom JavaScript libraries, with asynchronous loading of analytics and ad scripts. The HTML structure is valid and includes proper meta tags for SEO and mobile optimization. Performance is moderate, with lazy loading of images and deferred script execution. Accessibility features are basic but present. The site lacks a detected CMS, indicating a custom-built platform. Hosting details are not explicit, but the presence of multiple doubanio.com subdomains suggests internal CDN or hosting infrastructure. Technical debt is indicated by older jQuery usage and missing security headers, which could be addressed in modernization efforts to improve security and performance.
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. 70/100Medium29 findingsView report
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