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Security report for liuxue86.com

出国留学网 · Education · China

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

51/100

Risk levelMedium

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

出国留学网 is a well-established Chinese education portal founded in 2005, specializing in providing comprehensive information and services related to studying abroad, immigration, visa application, and exam preparation. It serves a large audience of Chinese students and families seeking guidance on overseas education and immigration pathways. The website offers rich content including news, university rankings, professional guides, and consultation services, positioning itself as a leading resource in the Chinese education sector. Technically, the website employs a modern tech stack with jQuery and Baidu analytics integration, along with custom JavaScript and CSS for a responsive and user-friendly experience. The site is mobile-optimized and structured for good SEO performance. Security-wise, it uses HTTPS and some basic security headers but lacks advanced protections such as CSP and X-Frame-Options. No WAF or blocking mechanisms were detected, and the site content is fully accessible. However, the WHOIS data for the domain is missing or unavailable, which raises concerns about domain registration transparency. Despite this, the website's content quality, business credibility, and user engagement indicators suggest a legitimate and professional operation. Privacy compliance is basic, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism detected. Overall, 出国留学网 demonstrates a strong market presence and technical maturity but should improve domain registration transparency and enhance privacy and security measures to strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 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

8 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  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
    • 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';…

  3. 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

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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
67
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
50
Average
51

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
199
Employees
0
Customers
150
Third parties
49
Weak passwords
26%

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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 in the education sector, targeting Chinese students interested in overseas study and immigration. It leverages a content-driven business model with advertising and lead generation for study abroad agencies and immigration services. The portal has a large user base and partners with multiple education and service providers, indicating a robust partnership ecosystem. The site’s longevity since 2005 and extensive content offerings provide competitive advantages. Revenue streams likely include advertising, sponsored content, and consultation services. Growth indicators include active user engagement and frequent content updates. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to enhance privacy compliance and security posture to maintain market leadership.

Security posture

出国留学网 exhibits a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and some security headers present. The site uses secure forms with privacy policy agreements, reducing risk in data collection. However, the absence of advanced security headers like CSP and X-Frame-Options, and lack of visible incident response or security policy information, indicate areas for improvement. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. Compliance with GDPR and other privacy regulations appears limited, with no cookie consent mechanism found. The site should implement stronger security controls and formalize incident response capabilities to enhance resilience and trust.

Recommendations

  1. Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) and other security headers (X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to mitigate common web attacks.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner and detailed cookie policy to improve privacy compliance and user transparency.
  3. Enhance WHOIS domain registration transparency or verify domain registration details to improve trustworthiness.
  4. Establish and publish a formal security policy and incident response plan accessible to users.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and dependencies to minimize security risks.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
出国留学网
Description
出国留学网从2005年创立至今，已经成为领先的中国教育门户网站。出国留学网下设留学、移民、签证、考试、范文、作文等频道，充分满足各类学生对不同类型资讯的需求。同时专注打造权威的工具箱及海内外院校库系统，为学生日常查询提供便利的服务！
Key services
Study abroad news and guides, Immigration information and services, Visa and exam preparation, University and program databases, Consultation and application services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 2.1.1, Baidu analytics and tracking scripts, CSS stylesheets hosted on i1.liuxue86.com, QR code generation script (jq.qrcode.js), Deferred loading scripts
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of secure forms with required fields and privacy policy agreement

Analytics and tracking

Services
Baidu Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Baidu advertising network
Tracking pixels
Baidu analytics
Marketing tools
Baidu push scripts
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a comprehensive Chinese education portal focused on study abroad and immigration.
  2. Content is rich with multiple categories, including news, guides, university databases, and immigration info.
  3. Multiple forms collect user data for scholarship and consultation purposes with privacy policy references.
  4. No email addresses explicitly found in the HTML content.
  5. Phone number 13397617554 is prominently displayed as contact.
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response information found.
  7. No cookie consent banner or explicit cookie policy detected.
  8. Use of Baidu analytics and advertising scripts is extensive.
  9. Website uses HTTPS and has basic security headers but lacks advanced security headers.
  10. No WAF or blocking detected; content fully accessible.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a combination of jQuery 2.1.1 and custom JavaScript libraries hosted on its own CDN subdomain. It integrates Baidu analytics and advertising scripts extensively, indicating reliance on Chinese web services. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive CSS and deferred script loading for performance. No CMS or hosting provider details were detected. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization. Accessibility features are basic but present. SEO is well addressed with meta tags and structured navigation. Technical risks include dependency on third-party scripts and lack of advanced security headers. Opportunities exist to modernize the tech stack and improve security configurations.
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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