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Security report for kaufland.de

Kaufland Marketplace GmbH · E-commerce · Germany

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

69/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Kaufland Marketplace GmbH operates a large e-commerce retail marketplace primarily serving the German market. The website is currently inaccessible due to a Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF) challenge page requiring CAPTCHA verification, which prevents full content and metadata analysis. The business appears well-established with official company contact information and a physical address in Germany. The website uses Cloudflare security services including Turnstile CAPTCHA to protect against automated attacks and bots. However, no privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies were found in the provided content, limiting assessment of compliance and user transparency. Technical infrastructure relies on Cloudflare for hosting and security, but no CMS or additional frameworks were detected. Security posture benefits from WAF protection but lacks visible security headers or detailed security policies. Overall, the site is safe with no adult or explicit content detected, but the blocking mechanism significantly reduces the ability to evaluate content quality, technical implementation, and privacy compliance.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 100 · Critical
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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

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

    • Critical

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • 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

  2. 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

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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
77
Security headers
70
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
69

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

Kaufland Marketplace GmbH is positioned as a major player in the German e-commerce retail sector, operating a marketplace platform. The business model focuses on connecting sellers and buyers through an online platform. The company is registered in Germany with clear legal and tax identifiers. The target audience is general consumers seeking retail products online. The company benefits from a strong brand presence and consistent branding elements. However, the lack of visible marketing tools, analytics, or affiliate programs in the provided content limits insight into their digital marketing ecosystem. The absence of social media links or phone contacts in the content suggests a focus on email and online contact channels. The domain and hosting setup indicate a mature infrastructure leveraging Cloudflare services for performance and security.

Security posture

The website employs Cloudflare's security services including a Turnstile CAPTCHA challenge to mitigate automated threats and bots, indicating a proactive security stance. However, the provided content lacks visible HTTP security headers, detailed security policies, or incident response contacts. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files were found, which could improve transparency and trust. The absence of privacy and cookie policies raises compliance concerns, especially under GDPR regulations. The security score is limited by the inability to access full site content and metadata. Recommendations include publishing comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, implementing security headers, and providing clear incident response contacts to enhance security maturity and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies accessible from the main site.
  2. Implement and expose HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Provide clear incident response and vulnerability disclosure contacts or pages.
  4. Ensure website content is accessible without triggering WAF challenges for legitimate users to improve user experience and enable full analysis.
  5. Enhance transparency by adding structured data (JSON-LD) and Open Graph metadata for SEO and social sharing.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Kaufland Marketplace GmbH
VAT number
DE340451093
Registration number
HR B 774318
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Cloudflare detected. Website content is blocked by Cloudflare security challenge (Turnstile CAPTCHA) requiring user verification. These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Company
Kaufland Marketplace GmbH
Description
Kaufland Marketplace GmbH operates an e-commerce platform, likely focused on retail and marketplace services.
Key services
Online retail marketplace
Content quality
poor
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Cloudflare, JavaScript, Turnstile CAPTCHA

Security

Good practices seen
  • Use of Cloudflare WAF and Turnstile CAPTCHA for bot protection

Analytics and tracking

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is currently inaccessible due to Cloudflare WAF challenge page.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found in the provided content.
  3. Contact information is limited but includes official company email and physical address in footer.
  4. No forms or user input fields detected beyond the WAF challenge.
  5. No social media links or phone numbers found in the content.
  6. No structured data (JSON-LD) or Open Graph metadata present in the provided HTML.
  7. Website content quality and user experience cannot be assessed due to blocking.
  8. Security posture shows use of Cloudflare protection but no visible security headers or certificates in provided data.
  9. No evidence of vulnerability disclosure or incident response information.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is protected by Cloudflare, utilizing their WAF and Turnstile CAPTCHA for bot mitigation. The HTML content is minimal and primarily serves the security challenge page, preventing analysis of the underlying CMS or frameworks. No structured data or SEO metadata is present in the provided content. The hosting provider is Cloudflare, which suggests robust infrastructure and DDoS protection. Performance and mobile optimization cannot be assessed due to content blocking. The technical debt or modernization opportunities cannot be evaluated without access to the full site content. The current blocking mechanism, while enhancing security, impacts user experience and analysis capabilities.
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. 71/100Medium27 findingsView report
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