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Security report for zero.de

zero · Retail · Germany

High risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

26/100

Risk levelHigh

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

zero.de is a German e-commerce website specializing in women's fashion, offering a wide range of clothing and accessories for leisure, business, and festive occasions. The brand emphasizes feminine, authentic, and sustainable fashion, targeting women who value quality and modern design. The website is professionally designed with clear navigation and good content relevance, supporting a medium-sized retail business model in Germany. Technically, the site runs on a Shopware platform with Apache and PHP backend, using various third-party marketing and analytics tools. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS is a critical security flaw that undermines user trust and data protection. The site uses secure cookie flags but without HTTPS, limiting their effectiveness. No explicit security or incident response policies are found, indicating room for improvement in security governance. Overall, the website is functional and credible but requires urgent security enhancements to meet modern standards.

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

8 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

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

    • 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"

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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
50
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
0
Average
26

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 business operates in the retail sector focusing on women's fashion with a strong online presence. It leverages partnerships with known service providers for e-commerce and marketing. The brand maintains active social media channels and offers customer engagement through newsletters and promotions. The business model is direct-to-consumer e-commerce with a focus on quality and sustainability, positioning itself as a trusted mid-market player in Germany. The lack of detailed company registration data or physical addresses on the site limits deeper business intelligence insights. The partnership ecosystem includes payment and marketing service providers, enhancing operational capabilities.

Security posture

The security posture is weak due to the lack of HTTPS and valid SSL certificates, exposing users to potential data interception risks. While cookies are set with secure and HttpOnly flags, the absence of HTTPS negates these protections. No advanced security headers like Content-Security-Policy or HSTS are implemented. The site does not disclose any security policies or incident response contacts, indicating limited security governance. No known vulnerabilities or malware are detected, but the missing encryption is a critical issue. Compliance with GDPR is implied through privacy and cookie policies, but technical security gaps remain significant.

Recommendations

  1. Implement a valid SSL/TLS certificate and enforce HTTPS site-wide immediately.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3) and disable insecure protocols.
  3. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and HSTS with preload.
  4. Publish explicit security and incident response policies including contact channels.
  5. Review and optimize performance metrics and ensure accurate resource loading data.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a mature e-commerce platform (Shopware) with a PHP backend and Apache server. It integrates multiple third-party services for analytics, marketing, and user experience enhancements. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and uses modern web fonts and preload strategies. However, performance data is missing or zero, suggesting potential measurement or loading issues. The absence of DNS records in the provided data is unusual and may indicate incomplete DNS information. The lack of HTTPS is a major technical risk. Overall, the infrastructure is standard for e-commerce but requires modernization in security and performance monitoring.
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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