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Security report for richie.education

Richie contributors · Education · N/a

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

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Richie.education is an open source content management system designed to help educators and educational institutions create rich, multilingual online learning portals and course catalogs. The platform integrates with multiple LMS systems such as Open edX and Moodle, providing a centralized portal for course discovery and management. The website demonstrates a clear focus on education technology with a modern technical stack including Django CMS, Django, and React. The site is well-structured, mobile-optimized, and provides comprehensive documentation and community engagement channels, including GitHub and Slack. However, the website lacks published privacy, cookie, and security policies, and does not provide direct contact information, which impacts its privacy compliance and trustworthiness scores. No forms or data collection mechanisms are present, reducing immediate security risks but also limiting user engagement options. Overall, Richie.education presents a credible and professional open source educational platform with room for improvement in privacy and security transparency.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
65/ 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

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 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 Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
65
Average
65

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

Richie.education occupies a niche market position as an open source CMS tailored for educational portals and LMS integration. Its business model revolves around community-driven development and open source licensing (MIT), targeting educators, institutions, and content authors who require flexible, multilingual course catalog solutions. The platform's key competitive advantages include LMS-agnostic synchronization, advanced access rights management, and a rich authoring interface that reduces dependency on developers. The presence of notable users such as France Université Numérique and NAU indicates growing adoption and validation in the education sector. The project fosters an active community through virtual meetups and Slack channels, supporting contributor engagement and continuous improvement. Revenue streams are not explicit but may include commercial support or services around the open source software. Strategic partnerships with educational institutions enhance credibility and market reach.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security posture with HTTPS enabled (assumed from URL), no visible forms collecting sensitive data, and no exposed credentials or vulnerabilities in the HTML content. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security reduces the overall security hardening. No published security policies, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present, which limits transparency and readiness for security incidents. The use of privacy protection in WHOIS is justified for an open source project but reduces direct registrant transparency. No analytics or tracking scripts reduce privacy risks but also limit user behavior insights. Overall, the security posture is adequate for an informational open source project but should be enhanced with published policies and security best practices to improve trust and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy detailing data handling and GDPR compliance.
  2. Implement and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Provide clear contact information including security and incident response contacts (e.g., security@ or abuse@ emails).
  4. Add a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosures and improve security transparency.
  5. Consider integrating analytics with privacy-respecting configurations to better understand user engagement while maintaining compliance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Richie contributors
Description
Richie is a content management system (CMS) designed to help educators create rich online learning portals and online course catalogs quickly. It supports multilingual content, advanced access rights, and synchronization with multiple LMS platforms such as Open edX and Moodle. Richie is fully open source under the MIT license and built with Django CMS, Django, and React.
Key services
Online course catalog creation, Multilingual content management, LMS synchronization, Advanced access rights and moderation, Open source platform with community engagement
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Django, React, Django CMS, NPM
Frameworks
Docusaurus
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
60/100
Good practices seen
  • No forms detected to collect sensitive data
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the site.
  3. No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses are provided on the website.
  4. The site is an open source educational CMS platform with active community and documentation.
  5. No forms are present to collect user data.
  6. No security headers detected in the HTML content provided.
  7. No analytics or tracking scripts detected.
  8. External links point to reputable educational institutions and open source project resources.
  9. Content is safe and suitable for general audiences.
  10. Technical stack is modern and uses popular frameworks and CMS.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using a modern technology stack including Django CMS, Django, React, and Docusaurus for documentation. The site is well-structured with proper meta tags including Open Graph for social sharing and responsive design features. Preloading of images and deferred JavaScript loading indicate performance optimization efforts. The absence of forms reduces attack surface but also limits interactive functionality. No analytics or tracking scripts were detected, indicating minimal user tracking. The site appears mobile-optimized and accessible with skip links and ARIA labels. Hosting provider details are not explicitly available from the HTML content. Overall, the technical implementation is solid with opportunities to enhance security headers and privacy compliance.
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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