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Security report for uni-weimar.de

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar · Education · Germany

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

Security score

59/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is a medium-sized public university in Germany specializing in architecture, civil engineering, design, media, and related disciplines. The website serves students, researchers, and academic partners with comprehensive information about study programs, research, and university news. The university maintains a strong brand presence and offers a well-structured, accessible, and mobile-optimized website built on TYPO3 CMS with modern web technologies. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and privacy-conscious analytics (Matomo) but lacks explicit cookie consent and published security policies. The domain registration aligns with academic networks, supporting legitimacy. Overall, the site is professional, trustworthy, and suitable for its educational mission.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 100 · High
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. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • Critical

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • 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

  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"

  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
47
Security headers
55
Email security
60
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
Average
59

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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention uni-weimar.de, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
2,551
Employees
45
Customers
1,869
Third parties
637
Weak passwords
8%

Latest record dated 2026-06-12 · 58 subdomains affected

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  • –uni-weimar.de2026-06-12
  • –uni-weimar.de2026-06-01
  • –otp.uni-weimar.de2026-05-26
  • –uni-weimar.de2026-05-25
  • –www.uni-weimar.de2026-05-20

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The university holds a unique market position in education and research within Germany, offering about 40 study programs and emphasizing creativity and internationality. Its business model is public higher education, targeting students and academic collaborators. The website reflects a mature digital presence with partnerships indicated by linked domains such as bauhaus4.eu and stw-thueringen.de. The absence of commercial advertising and affiliate programs aligns with its non-profit educational nature.

Security posture

The site enforces HTTPS and uses Matomo analytics with disabled cookies, indicating privacy awareness. No security headers were explicitly detected in the HTML content, and no vulnerability disclosures or incident response contacts are published. The lack of a cookie consent mechanism and security.txt file are areas for improvement. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were found, suggesting a good baseline security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a visible cookie consent banner to comply with privacy regulations and improve user trust.
  2. Publish explicit security policies and incident response contact information to enhance transparency and preparedness.
  3. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to strengthen defense-in-depth.
  4. Create and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Include data protection officer contact details to comply with GDPR and improve user confidence.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Description
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is a university offering education and research in architecture, civil engineering, design, media, and related fields. It provides about 40 study programs including Bachelor, Master, and PhD levels. The university emphasizes creativity, internationality, and experimental approaches.
Key services
Higher education programs, Research and artistic work, International collaborations, Student support services
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
TYPO3 CMS, AngularJS, jQuery, Bootstrap CSS, Matomo Analytics
Frameworks
TYPO3 CMS, AngularJS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No vulnerable libraries detected
  • Use of Matomo with disabled cookies for privacy

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. Content is rich, professionally presented, and relevant to education and research.
  3. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner found, though privacy policy is comprehensive.
  4. No explicit security or incident response policies published.
  5. Use of Matomo analytics with privacy considerations.
  6. No exposed sensitive data or obvious vulnerabilities detected.
  7. Social media presence on Instagram, LinkedIn, Vimeo.
  8. No phone numbers or emails explicitly found in the main content; contact form available.
  9. No terms of service or vulnerability disclosure pages detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on TYPO3 CMS with AngularJS and jQuery, styled with Bootstrap CSS, and uses Matomo for analytics. It is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices including meta tags and language alternates. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous and deferred script loading. Hosting appears to be on academic or university infrastructure, supported by DNS name servers from German academic networks. The site uses modern JavaScript libraries and has no visible technical debt or deprecated components.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 58/100Medium36 findingsView report
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