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Security report for themoneypages.com

The Money Pages · Finance · N/a

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

73/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Money Pages is a specialized online portal providing personal finance news, features, and opinions. It targets a general audience interested in banking, debt, insurance, investments, retirement, and savings. The site operates primarily as a content publishing platform monetized through advertising and sponsored articles, with a niche focus on personal finance awards and related content. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and reCAPTCHA for form security. The site is hosted behind AWS Cloudfront CDN, ensuring reasonable performance and availability. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and use of reCAPTCHA, though some security headers are missing and privacy compliance documentation is limited. The WHOIS data for the domain is missing or indicates the domain is unregistered, which is inconsistent with the active and professional website presence, reducing trustworthiness. Overall, the site is well designed, content-rich, and professionally maintained but would benefit from improved transparency on privacy, terms, and domain registration details.

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

4 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 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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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
65
Email security
60
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
65
Average
73

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 Money Pages occupies a niche in the personal finance media sector, offering news and advice on a broad range of financial topics. Its business model relies on content publishing combined with advertising revenue and sponsored content. The site engages users with awards and nominations, enhancing community involvement and brand recognition. The target audience is consumers seeking financial guidance and news. The site leverages partnerships with advertising networks like Google AdSense and tracking services such as Facebook Pixel. While the site is technically mature and uses multiple analytics tools, the lack of visible company contact details and missing WHOIS data may impact perceived credibility. Growth opportunities include expanding direct user engagement and improving compliance transparency.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security posture with HTTPS enabled and use of Google reCAPTCHA v2 to protect forms from automated abuse. However, the absence of explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options is a gap that could be exploited. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The site lacks visible security policies or incident response contacts, which are important for compliance and trust. The WHOIS data inconsistency is a concern from a trust perspective but does not directly indicate a security vulnerability. Overall, the site is reasonably secure but could improve by implementing additional HTTP security headers and publishing security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish clear and accessible privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve compliance and user trust.
  3. Clarify domain registration details and ensure WHOIS information is accurate and publicly available to enhance legitimacy.
  4. Add explicit security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  5. Conduct regular audits of third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate risks from external dependencies.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
The Money Pages
Description
Read about the latest personal finance news and opinion. The Money Pages offers advice on banking, debt, insurance, investments, retirement and savings.
Key services
Personal finance news, Advice on banking, debt, insurance, investments, retirement, savings, Personal Finance Awards
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 6.8.1, jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Google reCAPTCHA v2, Font Awesome, Google Fonts, DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP), Yoast SEO plugin
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of reCAPTCHA v2 on forms
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google AdSense, DoubleClick for Publishers
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Adobe Analytics
Marketing tools
Yeloni Exit Popup
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a WordPress-based personal finance news and advice portal
  2. Content is well structured with categories and recent news
  3. Use of multiple analytics and advertising scripts
  4. No explicit privacy or terms of service pages found in the main HTML
  5. No direct company contact emails or phone numbers found in the HTML
  6. WHOIS data unavailable or domain unregistered according to raw WHOIS output
  7. No WAF or blocking detected, site fully accessible
  8. Good SEO and social media integration
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 6.8.1 with a modern and widely used technology stack including jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, and reCAPTCHA v2. It uses Cloudfront CDN for content delivery, improving performance and availability. The site is mobile optimized with responsive design and good SEO practices including meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). Accessibility features are basic and could be improved. The site uses multiple advertising and tracking scripts, which may impact page load times but are common in content monetization models. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from enhanced accessibility and security header implementation.
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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