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Security report for whotelsthestore.com

W Hotels Store · Retail · France

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

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

W Hotels Store is a luxury e-commerce platform offering branded bedding, bath, and fragrance products associated with the W Hotels brand, a Marriott International property. The website targets consumers seeking premium hotel-quality home products, leveraging the strong brand recognition of W Hotels and Marriott. The business model is retail-focused, selling directly to consumers online with a medium-sized operational footprint based in France. The site integrates advanced marketing and analytics tools such as Adobe Launch and Google Tag Manager, and employs OneTrust for GDPR-compliant cookie consent management. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate on the main domain is a critical security flaw that undermines user trust and data protection.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

6 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 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

    • 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
100
Security headers
30
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
71

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 W Hotels Store occupies a niche luxury retail segment within the hospitality industry, capitalizing on Marriott's global brand portfolio. Its competitive advantage lies in exclusive product offerings tied to the W Hotels experience, supported by a robust digital marketing ecosystem. The site demonstrates a mature e-commerce infrastructure with multi-region language support and extensive tracking capabilities. Partnerships with sister hotel brand stores indicate a cohesive Marriott retail ecosystem. Growth potential is supported by brand loyalty and expanding online retail trends in luxury home goods. The business maintains professional contact channels and customer support, enhancing credibility.

Security posture

The website's security posture is currently weak due to the lack of HTTPS and valid SSL/TLS certificates, exposing users to potential data interception risks. While email authentication protocols like SPF and DMARC are properly configured, the absence of security headers and modern TLS protocols further weakens defense-in-depth. The site uses reputable third-party consent management (OneTrust) and analytics platforms, indicating awareness of privacy compliance. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are not evident, suggesting room for improvement in security governance and transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Urgently deploy and maintain a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across all site pages.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web attacks.
  3. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and configure HSTS with preload to enhance transport security.
  4. Establish and publish clear security policies and incident response contacts to improve transparency and trust.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to identify and remediate risks proactively.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Marriott International, Inc.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Magento e-commerce platform, enhanced with Adobe Launch for tag management and Google Tag Manager for analytics. Hosting is on Amazon AWS infrastructure, with multiple IP addresses indicating load balancing or CDN usage. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive images and navigation. However, performance is suboptimal with a high page load time and large page size, which could impact user experience and SEO. Accessibility features are basic but present. The technical stack is modern but requires improvements in security configuration and performance optimization to meet enterprise standards.
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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