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Security report for kirchenwahl.de

Evangelisches Medienhaus GmbH · Non-profit · Germany

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

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website www.kirchenwahl.de serves as the official informational platform for the 2025 church elections within the Evangelical Church in Württemberg. It provides comprehensive election details, candidate databases, campaign materials, and voter guidance targeted primarily at church members aged 14 and above. The platform is managed by the Evangelisches Medienhaus GmbH, a non-profit entity, and positions itself as an authoritative source for election-related content within the church community. Technically, the site is built on TYPO3 CMS, a robust and mature content management system, and integrates privacy-conscious analytics via Matomo with cookies disabled. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility features, and SEO practices. Embedded content such as YouTube videos uses privacy-enhanced modes, reflecting a commitment to user privacy. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and implements a consent management system compliant with GDPR and local data protection laws. However, explicit security headers are not evident in the HTML content, and no published security or incident response policies are found. No vulnerabilities or suspicious patterns were detected, and the WHOIS data aligns well with the website's purpose and legitimacy. Overall, the website presents a professional, trustworthy, and privacy-conscious platform for its target audience. It effectively balances content quality, technical implementation, and privacy compliance, with minor recommendations to enhance security headers and incident response transparency.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
80/ 100 · Low
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 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

  3. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
52
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
80
Average
64

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

The website operates within the non-profit sector, specifically serving the Evangelical Church in Württemberg. Its business model focuses on providing election-related information and resources to church members and employees. The platform's competitive advantage lies in its official status and comprehensive candidate database, which supports transparent and informed voting. Revenue streams are likely limited or non-commercial, consistent with its non-profit nature. The target customer segment includes church members eligible to vote, church staff, and the broader church community. Growth indicators include the upcoming 2025 election cycle and ongoing campaign activities. The partnership ecosystem includes service.kirchenwahl.de for downloads and matomo-elkwue.wbk-dev.de for analytics. Strategic observations highlight the importance of maintaining trust, privacy compliance, and accessibility to support community engagement and election participation.

Security posture

The website exhibits a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS and GDPR-compliant consent management. The use of Matomo analytics with disabled cookies reduces privacy risks. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options represents an area for improvement. No incident response or security policy documentation is publicly available, which could hinder rapid response to security events. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. Overall, the site maintains a good security baseline appropriate for its informational and non-commercial role but would benefit from enhanced security header implementation and published incident response procedures.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  2. Publish a clear security policy and incident response plan accessible to users and stakeholders.
  3. Regularly audit third-party scripts and embedded content for security and privacy compliance.
  4. Enhance transparency by providing terms of service or user agreements related to website usage.
  5. Maintain and update GDPR compliance documentation and consent mechanisms as regulations evolve.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Evangelisches Medienhaus GmbH
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Evangelisches Medienhaus GmbH
Description
Website providing information about the 2025 church elections in the Evangelical Church in Württemberg, including candidate databases, election procedures, and campaign materials.
Key services
Information dissemination about church elections, Candidate database for Landessynode, Campaign materials and news updates, Consent management and privacy compliance
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
TYPO3 CMS, Matomo Analytics, FontAwesome, YouTube embedded videos, JavaScript libraries for accessibility and UI
Frameworks
TYPO3 CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management for cookies and tracking
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Matomo with disabled cookies

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
Matomo Analytics
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 and not blocked by WAF or security challenges.
  2. Content is professionally presented and focused on church election information.
  3. Strong compliance with GDPR and cookie consent requirements.
  4. Use of TYPO3 CMS indicates a mature content management approach.
  5. Embedded YouTube videos use privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com).
  6. Contact information is clearly provided with physical address, phone, and email.
  7. No terms of service page detected.
  8. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
  9. No visible security headers detected in HTML content.
  10. Matomo analytics configured to disable cookies, enhancing privacy.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on TYPO3 CMS, leveraging modern web technologies including responsive CSS, FontAwesome icons, and JavaScript for accessibility and UI enhancements. It integrates Matomo analytics configured to disable cookies, reflecting a privacy-first approach. Embedded YouTube videos use the privacy-enhanced 'youtube-nocookie.com' domain. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization and accessibility features such as keyboard navigation and screen reader support. Performance appears moderate, with multiple CSS and JS assets loaded, but no evident blocking or errors. The WHOIS data indicates stable domain registration with consistent DNS configuration. Opportunities exist to improve security headers and streamline asset loading for enhanced 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

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