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Security report for drupal.org

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Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

66/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.drupal.org is currently inaccessible due to a Web Application Firewall (WAF) block powered by PerimeterX, which suspects automated browsing activity. This prevents access to any substantive content, metadata, or business information. Consequently, no detailed business description, contact information, or compliance policies are available for analysis. The domain WHOIS data is unavailable due to a malformed WHOIS response, leaving registrar, creation, and expiry dates unknown. This lack of data and site access significantly limits the ability to assess the website's security posture, technical infrastructure, or business credibility. From a technical perspective, the only detectable technology is the PerimeterX WAF service, indicating a security-conscious approach to mitigating automated threats. However, the absence of accessible content and metadata means no evaluation of SEO, accessibility, or performance can be performed. Security headers, SSL configuration, and other best practices cannot be verified. The security posture is indeterminate but currently low due to the inability to verify protections beyond the WAF. No vulnerabilities or compliance gaps can be identified without site access. The domain's legitimacy is uncertain given the lack of WHOIS data and the blocking mechanism in place. Overall, the risk assessment is high due to incomplete information and the presence of blocking controls that hinder transparency. Strategic recommendations include resolving the WAF blocking for legitimate users to enable full site access and analysis, publishing clear privacy and cookie policies, providing contact and incident response information, and ensuring security headers and SSL configurations are properly implemented. These steps will improve trust, compliance, and security posture visibility.

Scanned

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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

8 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 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

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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
82
Security headers
15
Email security
90
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
66

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

Due to the WAF block and lack of accessible content, detailed business intelligence cannot be derived. The domain www.drupal.org is widely known as the official site for the Drupal content management system, a major open-source technology platform. However, no direct evidence from the provided data confirms this. No information on market positioning, revenue streams, or partnerships is available. The presence of PerimeterX indicates a focus on security and bot mitigation. Without access to the site, insights into customer segments, growth indicators, or ecosystem partnerships cannot be confirmed.

Security posture

The current security posture is difficult to evaluate due to the WAF block preventing access to the site. The use of PerimeterX WAF suggests an advanced security control against automated threats. However, no information on SSL/TLS configuration, HTTP security headers, vulnerability disclosures, or incident response contacts is available. The absence of privacy and cookie policies also indicates potential compliance gaps. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerabilities were detected, but this is due to lack of access rather than confirmed security. Overall, the security maturity appears limited in transparency and documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Resolve WAF blocking issues to allow legitimate user access and enable full website analysis.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance statements.
  3. Implement and verify HTTP security headers and SSL/TLS best practices.
  4. Provide clear contact information including security incident response channels.
  5. Enhance website accessibility, SEO, and performance optimizations for better user experience.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. Page shows a blocking message indicating access denied due to suspected automation tools, powered by PerimeterX WAF. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Content quality
poor

Technology

Stack
PerimeterX

Analytics and tracking

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
low

Key observations

  1. Website content is inaccessible due to WAF blocking by PerimeterX.
  2. No WHOIS registrar or registrant data could be extracted from raw WHOIS output.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found in the provided content.
  4. No contact information or forms are present on the blocked page.
  5. No metadata, Open Graph, or structured data found due to blocked content.
  6. External domains are limited to font providers and PerimeterX resources.
  7. No analytics or advertising scripts detected beyond WAF scripts.
  8. Content safety is rated safe as no adult or explicit content is present.
  9. Overall website quality and security posture cannot be assessed due to blocking.
Technical notes

Notes

The technical infrastructure is largely unknown due to the blocked content. The only detected technology is the PerimeterX WAF service used for bot mitigation and security. No CMS, frameworks, or hosting provider information is available. The HTML content is minimal and serves only as a block page with inline CSS and JavaScript for the captcha challenge. Performance, mobile optimization, and accessibility cannot be assessed. The site uses Google Fonts for typography. There is no evidence of analytics or marketing tools in the provided content.
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. 66/100Medium30 findingsView report
  2. 66/100 −1Medium30 findingsView report
  3. 67/100Medium25 findingsView report
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