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Security report for urban-retreats.com

Urban Retreats · Real Estate · United States

High risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 2 other checks.

Security score

28/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Urban Retreats is a small landscaping design and consultation business focused on creating urban retreats in the Seattle area and nearby neighborhoods. The website presents basic information about the company, its philosophy, design process, and contact details, targeting homeowners interested in landscaping services. The business operates primarily through personalized service offerings and consultation engagements. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with an outdated PHP version 5.6.31 and uses older JavaScript libraries such as jQuery 1.4.4. The site lacks HTTPS support, serving content over HTTP only, which significantly undermines its security posture. Performance metrics are unavailable, but the site appears slow and not optimized for mobile devices. SEO and accessibility features are minimal. From a security perspective, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and modern TLS protocols is a critical vulnerability. No security headers or advanced security practices are implemented. The site does not provide privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies, indicating poor privacy compliance. Contact information is clearly provided, but no incident response or security policies are visible. Overall, the website presents moderate business credibility but suffers from critical security and privacy shortcomings. Strategic improvements in security infrastructure, privacy compliance, and technical modernization are essential to enhance trustworthiness and protect user data.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
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

10 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

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

  2. 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  3. 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';…

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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
0
Security headers
15
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
0
Average
28

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

Urban Retreats occupies a niche market in landscaping design focused on urban residential clients in Seattle and surrounding areas. Its competitive advantage lies in personalized consultation and design services tailored to city lot retreats. The business model is service-oriented with direct client engagement. Revenue streams likely derive from design consultations and project planning. The company appears small with no evidence of subsidiaries or parent companies. The website content is dated, suggesting limited recent marketing or digital investment. Partnerships or ecosystem affiliations are not evident. Growth indicators are unclear due to lack of recent content updates. The company could benefit from expanding digital presence, updating technology stack, and enhancing online marketing to improve market reach and client acquisition.

Security posture

The current security posture is weak due to the lack of HTTPS, outdated server software (PHP 5.6.31), and absence of security headers. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating non-compliance with GDPR and other privacy regulations. The site does not implement any incident response or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms. The use of outdated JavaScript libraries may expose the site to known vulnerabilities. No forms or input fields are present that could be exploited, but the overall infrastructure is vulnerable to interception and attacks. The business impact of these vulnerabilities includes potential data interception, loss of client trust, and regulatory non-compliance risks. Immediate remediation is recommended to secure communications and update software components.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a valid SSL/TLS certificate and enforce HTTPS site-wide to secure user data and improve trust.
  2. Upgrade PHP and all server-side software to supported, secure versions to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  3. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with a consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and enhance transparency.
  4. Introduce security headers such as HSTS, Content-Security-Policy, and X-Frame-Options to harden site security.
  5. Modernize the website's technical stack including updating JavaScript libraries and improving mobile responsiveness and accessibility.
Technical notes

Notes

The website runs on an Apache server with PHP 5.6.31, which is outdated and unsupported, posing security risks. The CMS is WordPress with a custom theme 'twicet'. JavaScript libraries include jQuery 1.4.4, which is also outdated. No modern frameworks or platforms detected. The site lacks HTTPS and uses no modern TLS protocols, indicating a lack of encryption. Performance data is missing but inferred to be slow due to outdated tech and lack of optimization. SEO is basic with minimal meta tags and no structured data. Accessibility features are minimal. The site is not mobile optimized and uses legacy HTML/XHTML 1.0 Strict doctype. Overall, the technical infrastructure requires modernization to meet current web standards and security best practices.
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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