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Security report for winetext.com

Wine Library · Retail · United States

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

61/100

Risk levelMedium

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

WineText is a niche retail service specializing in delivering highly allocated and rare wine offers to consumers via daily SMS subscriptions. The business model focuses on convenience and exclusivity, targeting wine enthusiasts aged 21 and over who seek quality wines at discounted prices. The website is professionally designed with consistent branding and clear navigation, supporting a medium-sized business founded in 2012 and affiliated with Wine Library. The technical infrastructure leverages a Ruby on Rails backend with extensive use of third-party marketing and analytics tools, hosted behind Cloudflare for performance and security. While the site is mobile optimized and SEO friendly, it lacks some advanced security headers and DNSSEC, which are recommended for enhanced protection. Privacy compliance is basic, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism despite extensive user tracking. Contact information and trust seals are clearly presented, supporting business credibility. Overall, the site demonstrates a mature digital presence with room for security and privacy improvements.

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. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  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 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';…

  3. 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
65
Security headers
35
Email security
40
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
61

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

WineText operates in the retail sector with a focus on wine subscription services delivered via text messaging. Its competitive advantage lies in offering rare and highly allocated wines conveniently through SMS, simplifying the purchasing process. Revenue streams likely include direct wine sales and referral incentives. The target market is adult wine consumers interested in exclusive deals. The company maintains a partnership or affiliation with Wine Library, enhancing its market position. The extensive use of marketing pixels and analytics indicates a data-driven approach to customer acquisition and retention. The business shows stable domain registration and consistent branding, suggesting operational maturity and reliability.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses CSRF tokens in forms, indicating basic security hygiene. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and HSTS reduces the overall security posture. There is no publicly available security or incident response policy, which limits transparency and preparedness for security incidents. The extensive use of third-party tracking scripts increases the attack surface and privacy risks. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The security score is moderate, with recommendations to enhance DNS security, implement security headers, and publish incident response information to improve trust and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to protect against DNS spoofing and improve domain security.
  2. Implement security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to mitigate common web attacks.
  3. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to enhance transparency and preparedness.
  4. Add a cookie consent banner or mechanism to comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations given the extensive tracking.
  5. Regularly audit and minimize third-party scripts to reduce privacy risks and potential vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Wine Library
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Wine Library
Description
WineText offers daily highly allocated and rare wine offers via text message subscriptions, allowing customers to order wine conveniently by replying with the number of bottles they want.
Key services
Daily wine offer text subscriptions, Wine ordering via text message, Referral program for free shipping
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Optimize, TikTok Pixel, Facebook Pixel, Twitter Universal Website Tag, Snap Pixel, Pinterest Tag, Quora Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Nextdoor Pixel, Spotify Pixel, Paramount Pixel, Blockboard Pixel, Flowcode Pixel
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Client-side form validation
  • Use of authenticity tokens in forms (CSRF protection)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, TikTok Analytics, Facebook Analytics, Twitter Analytics, Pinterest Analytics, Quora Analytics, LinkedIn Analytics, Nextdoor Analytics, Spotify Analytics
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads, TikTok Ads, Facebook Ads, Twitter Ads, Pinterest Ads, Quora Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Nextdoor Ads, Spotify Ads
Tracking pixels
TikTok Pixel, Facebook Pixel, Twitter Universal Website Tag, Snap Pixel, Pinterest Tag, Quora Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Nextdoor Pixel, Spotify Pixel, Paramount Pixel, Blockboard Pixel, Flowcode Pixel
Marketing tools
Google Optimize
Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website offers a niche subscription service for wine offers via SMS.
  2. Strong use of third-party marketing and analytics pixels indicating data-driven marketing.
  3. No cookie consent banner found despite extensive tracking, indicating potential privacy compliance gap.
  4. Good contact information and physical address provided, enhancing trust.
  5. Security headers and DNSSEC are missing, which could be improved.
  6. No visible security or incident response policies published.
  7. Website is mobile optimized and uses modern web technologies.
  8. Domain registration is stable and consistent with business claims.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a Ruby on Rails framework with a custom CMS or platform. It uses Cloudflare for DNS and CDN services, improving performance and security. The tech stack includes numerous marketing and analytics pixels from major platforms such as Google, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn, indicating a sophisticated marketing infrastructure. The site is mobile optimized and uses modern fonts and responsive design. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of scripts to reduce blocking. Accessibility is basic but present. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Technical risks include reliance on many third-party scripts and missing DNSSEC and security headers, which should be addressed to reduce attack surface and improve compliance.
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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