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Security report for melbournemarathon.com.au

Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival · Transportation · Australia

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Security headers, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival website serves as the official platform for Australia's largest marathon event held annually at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). It provides comprehensive event information, registration capabilities, and training resources targeting runners and sports enthusiasts. The site is well-positioned in the sports event market with a strong brand presence and active social media engagement. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including jQuery, Gravity Forms, and various analytics and marketing tools such as Google Tag Manager, TikTok Pixel, and Microsoft Clarity. The site is hosted behind Cloudflare, ensuring good performance and security. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and no visible vulnerabilities, though some security headers could be improved. Privacy compliance is basic, with a cookie consent mechanism present but no visible privacy or terms of service pages in the provided content. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and suitable for a general audience.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 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

5 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. 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 SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

  3. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Weak SPF Policy

      SPF record has permissive policy allowing any server to send email

      What to do: Use -all or ~all qualifier for better email security

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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
75
Security headers
15
Email security
55
DNS health
55
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
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 Melbourne Marathon Festival operates as an event organizer in the transportation and hospitality sectors, focusing on large-scale marathon events. Its business model revolves around participant registration, event management, and community engagement. The website supports multiple race categories including marathon, half marathon, wheelchair marathon, and shorter runs, appealing to a broad demographic of athletes and fitness enthusiasts. The organization leverages partnerships and sponsorships, indicated by branding and event naming rights (Nike). The digital presence is mature, with integrated marketing and analytics tools supporting growth and user engagement. The absence of direct contact emails or phone numbers suggests a preference for digital contact channels and social media interaction.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security posture with HTTPS enabled and Cloudflare DNS and CDN services in use. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. The use of Gravity Forms suggests secure form handling, though explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options are not evident and should be implemented to enhance protection. There is no public security policy or incident response information, which could be improved to increase transparency and readiness. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files were found, indicating limited public-facing security communication. Overall, the site is secure but could benefit from enhanced security headers and documented policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy to strengthen browser security.
  2. Publish clear privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  3. Establish and publicize an incident response contact channel to enhance security transparency and readiness.
  4. Conduct regular security audits and update WordPress core and plugins promptly to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and provide detailed data retention policies to improve compliance and user experience.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival
Description
Annual marathon event held at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) featuring Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km Run, 5km Run and wheelchair marathon events.
Key services
Marathon event organization, Online registration, Event information dissemination, Training resources, Corporate and team participation
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Gravity Forms, Google Tag Manager, TikTok Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, Zendesk Widget, WP Rocket
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Cloudflare DNS and CDN
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of secure forms (Gravity Forms)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, TikTok Analytics, Facebook Analytics, Quantcast
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
DoubleClick
Tracking pixels
TikTok Pixel, Facebook Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, Quantcast
Marketing tools
Zendesk Widget
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured for event promotion.
  2. Uses multiple modern analytics and marketing tools.
  3. No explicit privacy or terms of service pages found in the provided content.
  4. Cookie consent mechanism is present and functional.
  5. No direct company contact emails or phone numbers found in the visible content.
  6. Social media presence is strong with official Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Spotify links.
  7. Uses WordPress CMS with common plugins like Gravity Forms and WP Rocket.
  8. No security policy or incident response information publicly available.
  9. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt found.
  10. Content is safe and suitable for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress CMS with a combination of popular plugins such as Gravity Forms for form management and WP Rocket for performance optimization. It uses jQuery and integrates multiple third-party analytics and marketing tools including Google Tag Manager, TikTok Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, and Facebook Pixel. Hosting and DNS are managed via Cloudflare, providing CDN and security benefits. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and good SEO practices including meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD) for event information. Performance is moderate, with some room for improvement in loading speed and accessibility compliance. The technical infrastructure supports a professional and scalable event website.
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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