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Security report for vestacp.com

Vesta Control Panel · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Vesta Control Panel is an established open source hosting control panel software founded in 2010, offering a free GPLv3 licensed solution for managing websites, DNS, mail, backups, and more. It targets developers, hosting providers, and small to medium businesses seeking an easy-to-use hosting control panel. The website demonstrates a strong market position with half a million servers running Vesta and 25,000 monthly installs, supported by an active GitHub repository and community forum. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies including Nuxt.js and Tailwind CSS, with Cloudflare DNS and Google Tag Manager integration, providing a fast, mobile-optimized, and accessible user experience. Security-wise, the site benefits from HTTPS, open source transparency, and claims strong password security practices, but lacks published privacy, cookie, and security policies, as well as DNSSEC and security headers, which are recommended for improvement. Overall, the domain registration is consistent and trustworthy, supporting the legitimacy of the business. Strategic recommendations include publishing comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, enabling DNSSEC, adding security headers, and providing vulnerability disclosure information to enhance trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 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

9 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 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • 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

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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
57
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
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

Vesta Control Panel operates in the technology sector, specifically in web hosting software. Its open source business model with GPLv3 licensing allows free use and modification, with special licensing options for hosting companies. The company leverages community engagement through GitHub and forums, positioning itself as a reliable and widely adopted hosting control panel. The target market includes developers and hosting providers requiring efficient, low-resource hosting management tools. The website's content quality and branding consistency reflect a professional and mature operation. The absence of physical addresses or phone numbers suggests a primarily digital presence. The company maintains a transparent codebase and active development, which are key competitive advantages. No direct parent or subsidiary companies are identified.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security posture. HTTPS is enforced, and the domain uses Cloudflare DNS with clientTransferProhibited status, indicating good domain management. Password security is based on Linux PAM with sha512 hashing, a strong practice. The open source nature allows code auditing, enhancing trust. However, the absence of published privacy, cookie, and security policies, lack of DNSSEC, and missing security headers reduce the overall security maturity. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, which could hinder timely handling of security issues. The site uses Google Tag Manager and Belljar Defender tracking pixels, which require proper privacy management. Recommendations include publishing security policies, enabling DNSSEC, adding security headers, and establishing a vulnerability disclosure process.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with GDPR compliance details.
  2. Enable DNSSEC to improve domain security and prevent DNS spoofing.
  3. Implement and publish a security policy and incident response plan on the website.
  4. Add essential security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Provide a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Vesta Control Panel
Description
Vesta Control Panel is an open source hosting control panel that is free to use. It provides an easy to use control panel that allows the management of websites, DNS, mail, backups, and more.
Key services
Website management, DNS management, Mail management, Backups, Firewall, Monitoring and logging, CLI interface
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Tailwind CSS, Vue.js (Nuxt.js framework), Google Tag Manager, Cloudflare DNS
Frameworks
Nuxt.js
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by domain and scripts)
  • Use of Cloudflare DNS with clientTransferProhibited status
  • Open source code allowing audit
  • Password security using Linux PAM with sha512 hashing (claimed)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Belljar Defender
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 rich content and no blocking detected.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the main page or footer.
  3. Contact information limited to a single company email address in the footer.
  4. Strong open source and community trust signals present.
  5. Modern web technologies and responsive design implemented.
  6. Security posture is good but lacks published policies and some security headers.
  7. No phone numbers or physical addresses found on the website.
  8. No social media links except GitHub and X.com (Twitter) profile links.
  9. No forms detected on the main page; no data collection forms present.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using modern front-end technologies including Nuxt.js (Vue.js framework) and Tailwind CSS, ensuring a responsive and performant user experience. Hosting and DNS are managed via Cloudflare, providing CDN and security benefits. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics and marketing tracking, alongside Belljar Defender for security monitoring. The site is well-structured with semantic HTML and optimized for mobile devices. No CMS is detected, indicating a custom or framework-based site. Performance is fast with preloaded scripts and optimized images. Accessibility and SEO are addressed with proper meta tags and ARIA attributes. Technical risks include lack of DNSSEC and missing security headers, which should be addressed to reduce attack surface and improve trust.
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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