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Security report for weihnachtscircus.com

CHARLES KNIE GmbH · Hospitality · Germany

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

56/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Heilbronner Weihnachtscircus website represents a well-established regional event celebrating its 25th anniversary. The business is operated by CHARLES KNIE GmbH and focuses on delivering a large-scale Christmas circus experience with international artists. The website provides comprehensive event information, ticket sales links, and multimedia content to engage visitors. Technically, the site is built on Joomla CMS with Bootstrap and jQuery, offering a moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS and CSRF tokens but lacks advanced security headers and DNSSEC. Privacy compliance is partial with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy with minor areas for improvement in security and privacy transparency.

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

7 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 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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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
80
DNS health
80
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
53
Average
56

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

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Dark web exposure

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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 business operates in the hospitality and entertainment sector, targeting families and cultural event attendees in Germany. Its business model revolves around event organization and ticket sales, leveraging partnerships with ticketing platforms like Reservix. The company has a strong market position as a traditional Christmas circus with a loyal audience. The website supports marketing efforts through Facebook Pixel tracking and offers VIP upgrades. The absence of explicit security and incident response policies suggests room for maturity in governance. The partnership ecosystem includes web design and ticketing service providers.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a baseline security maturity with HTTPS enforced and no visible sensitive data exposure. However, the lack of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content Security Policy or HSTS reduces its defense-in-depth. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt is present, limiting transparency for security researchers. The use of third-party scripts like Facebook Pixel introduces moderate tracking risks. Incident response readiness is not communicated. Overall, the security posture is functional but could benefit from enhancements to align with best practices and compliance requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security.
  2. Implement security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options to harden the site.
  3. Add a cookie consent banner to comply with GDPR and improve privacy transparency.
  4. Publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Develop and publish a security policy and incident response contact information.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
CHARLES KNIE GmbH
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
CHARLES KNIE GmbH
Description
Der Heilbronner Weihnachtscircus ist ein traditionsreiches internationales Weihnachtszirkus-Event mit über 80 Artisten, Tänzern, Comedians und Musikern. Das Jubiläum 25 Jahre wird mit einer großen Show vom 17. Dezember 2025 bis 6. Januar 2026 gefeiert. Veranstaltungsort ist die Theresienwiese in Heilbronn. Die Website bietet Informationen zu Programm, Terminen, Tickets, Presse und Bildern.
Key services
Weihnachtscircus Veranstaltungen, Ticketverkauf, VIP-Upgrade und Meet & Greet, Information und Pressearbeit
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Bootstrap, Joomla CMS, Facebook Pixel
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
Joomla
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • CSRF token present in scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Facebook Pixel
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
Facebook Pixel
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 multimedia content.
  2. No WAF or security challenge detected.
  3. Content is in German and targets local/regional audience.
  4. No forms detected that collect personal data on the homepage.
  5. Contact info is clearly provided in footer.
  6. No explicit privacy or cookie consent banner found.
  7. Use of Facebook Pixel indicates user tracking for marketing.
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
  9. No explicit security policy or incident response info found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses Joomla CMS with Bootstrap and jQuery libraries, indicating a mature but somewhat traditional technology stack. The site loads multimedia content including videos and images efficiently, though performance is moderate. Mobile responsiveness is good, but accessibility features are basic. SEO is supported by meta tags and structured navigation. Hosting is via InterNetX GmbH with DNS managed by webgo.de nameservers. The absence of DNSSEC and security headers suggests technical debt in security hardening. The site could benefit from modernization efforts to improve performance and security posture.
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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