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StarApps Studio · E-commerce · India

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

65/100

Risk levelMedium

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

StarApps Studio is a medium-sized Indian company specializing in developing Shopify apps aimed at enhancing e-commerce store performance, particularly variant management and user experience. Founded in 2016 and operating under XPER SOFTWARES PVT LTD, the company serves over 25,000 active merchants including 1000+ Shopify Plus stores, positioning itself as a trusted Shopify app provider with a strong market presence. Their key services include automation of product variant displays, swatches, and descriptions to boost conversions and streamline store management. Technically, the website is built on Webflow CMS, leveraging modern web technologies such as jQuery, Slick Carousel, and Google Tag Manager for analytics and marketing. Hosting is via AWS Cloudfront CDN ensuring good performance and availability. The site is mobile optimized with good accessibility and SEO practices, though some improvements in security headers and cookie consent mechanisms are recommended. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS with secure form inputs but lacks explicit security headers and publicly available security or incident response policies. WHOIS data is privacy protected, which is common and justified for this business type, but limits domain age verification. Overall, the security posture is moderate with room for improvement in compliance and transparency. The overall risk is low with no suspicious content or vulnerabilities detected. Strategic recommendations include implementing security headers, adding cookie consent for GDPR compliance, and publishing security policies to enhance trust and compliance posture.

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. 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 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 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

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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
72
Security headers
30
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
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

StarApps Studio operates in the competitive Shopify app development market, focusing on e-commerce merchants seeking to optimize product variant management and user experience. Their business model is SaaS-based, monetizing through app installations and subscriptions on the Shopify platform. The company benefits from a strong client base and positive reviews, which serve as key trust signals. Their partnership ecosystem includes dedicated partner portals enhancing market reach. Growth indicators include a large active merchant base and Shopify Plus store integrations. The company’s operations are India-based with a professional digital presence and consistent branding, supporting a credible market position.

Security posture

The security maturity level of StarApps Studio’s website is moderate. HTTPS is enforced ensuring encrypted communications. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No public incident response or security policies are found, limiting transparency. Data protection practices appear basic with no visible cookie consent or GDPR compliance mechanisms. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the site content or scripts. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators are not publicly evident, suggesting an area for improvement to meet higher compliance standards such as GDPR or NIS2.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options to strengthen site security.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply with GDPR and enhance user privacy transparency.
  3. Publish clear security and incident response policies on the website to improve trust and compliance.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies to ensure no vulnerable libraries are used.
  5. Develop a long-term security strategy including data protection officer designation and vulnerability disclosure program.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
XPER SOFTWARES PVT LTD
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
StarApps Studio
Description
We build softwares for e-commerce businesses powered by Shopify. Our tools are designed to increase the store's sales and help merchants run their online store more efficiently.
Key services
Shopify app development, Variant management automation, E-commerce store optimization
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Webflow, jQuery, Slick Carousel, Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager
Platforms
Shopify (apps), Webflow (website CMS)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Secure form inputs

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via GTM)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

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 with rich content and professional design.
  2. WHOIS data is unavailable due to malformed request or privacy protection.
  3. Business is focused on Shopify app development with strong client testimonials.
  4. No explicit security policies or incident response information publicly available.
  5. No cookie consent mechanism detected despite GDPR relevance.
  6. Uses modern web technologies and CDN for hosting.
  7. Contact information is clearly provided including email, phone, and address.
  8. Social media presence on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram is active.
  9. No suspicious or malicious content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using Webflow CMS with a modern front-end stack including jQuery and Slick Carousel for UI components. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics and marketing tracking. Hosting is via AWS Cloudfront CDN, providing good performance and global availability. The site is mobile responsive with good SEO metadata and structured data (JSON-LD) for enhanced search engine understanding. However, the site lacks advanced security headers and cookie consent mechanisms. The WHOIS data is unavailable due to privacy protection, which is common but limits domain age verification. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from enhanced security and privacy features to reduce technical debt and improve 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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