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Security report for sharkthemes.com

Shark Themes · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Shark Themes operates as a specialized marketplace offering both free and premium WordPress themes and plugins, targeting WordPress users ranging from bloggers to businesses. The website presents a professional and accessible platform with a focus on multipurpose, modern, and elegant designs. Their product offerings include themes optimized for various niches and plugins enhancing WooCommerce and Gutenberg experiences. Technically, the site is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including Easy Digital Downloads and Yoast SEO, ensuring good SEO and user experience. The site is mobile optimized and integrates security features like HTTPS and Google reCAPTCHA. However, the absence of WHOIS registration data raises concerns about domain legitimacy and trustworthiness. Additionally, the lack of explicit privacy, cookie, and security policies indicates gaps in compliance and transparency. Overall, the site is functional and professional but would benefit from enhanced compliance and clearer domain registration information.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 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 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 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

  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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  • Security score drift

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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
50
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
53
Average
57

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

Shark Themes positions itself in the competitive WordPress theme and plugin market by offering a curated selection of products with demos and customer testimonials to build trust. Their business model relies on digital sales through Easy Digital Downloads, targeting a niche audience of WordPress users seeking quality themes and plugins. The presence of a partner site (wpopus.com) suggests strategic alliances to expand product offerings. The company appears small but focused, with consistent branding and a clear value proposition. However, the lack of publicly available company registration or contact details limits transparency. Growth potential exists through expanding product lines and improving compliance and trust signals.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS and integrates Google reCAPTCHA to protect forms, indicating a baseline security posture. However, no explicit security headers were detected, and there is no published security policy or incident response information. The absence of privacy and cookie policies further weakens compliance with GDPR and other regulations. The WHOIS data anomaly is a significant red flag, potentially indicating domain registration issues. No known vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found in the content. Overall, the security posture is moderate but requires improvements in transparency, policy publication, and domain legitimacy verification.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  2. Verify and correct domain WHOIS registration details to enhance trust and legitimacy.
  3. Implement and configure security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Provide clear contact information including security incident response and data protection officer contacts.
  5. Regularly audit and update all plugins and themes to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Shark Themes
Description
You are on the right spot for clean, modern, elegant, accessible and easy to use WordPress themes. Look no more, we got you covered with beautiful multipurpose themes.
Key services
Premium WordPress themes, Free WordPress themes, WordPress plugins, WordPress services (hire-us)
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.3, Easy Digital Downloads v3.5.2, Yoast SEO plugin v26.0, jQuery 3.6.4, Swiper slider, AOS (Animate On Scroll), Google reCAPTCHA, PHP (implied by WordPress), CSS3, HTML5
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by canonical URLs and resource URLs)
  • Google reCAPTCHA integration
  • Use of security plugins (implied by contact form 7 and other plugins)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Jetpack Stats
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
stats.wp.com (Jetpack Stats)
Marketing tools
Yoast SEO, Jetpack
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a WordPress-based marketplace for themes and plugins
  2. Content is rich with product listings, demos, and customer testimonials
  3. No explicit privacy or cookie policies found
  4. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly provided
  5. No security or incident response policies published
  6. WHOIS data unavailable or domain unregistered according to raw WHOIS output
  7. HTTPS is used throughout
  8. No WAF or blocking detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a stable and widely used WordPress platform with modern plugins like Easy Digital Downloads and Yoast SEO, supporting e-commerce and SEO needs effectively. The use of jQuery, Swiper, and AOS libraries enhances interactivity and user experience. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. However, there is no explicit hosting provider information, and no advanced performance optimization techniques were detected. The site could benefit from enhanced security configurations and improved compliance-related technical implementations.
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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