# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://sofi.com

**Date:** April 22, 2026  
**URL:** https://sofi.com  
**Overall Grade:** C (73/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/3b50523a-c933-48a7-8c38-c25434d0cbdc

## Top Findings

1. **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers
2. **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — Security > Content Security Policy
3. **[WARNING]**  is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Performance > Image Optimization
4. **[WARNING]** 97 third-party resources (100% of weight) — Performance > Page Weight Inventory
5. **[WARNING]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has no SameSite attribute — Security > Cookie Security

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## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 34 |
| Accessibility | 81 |
| Best Practices | 77 |
| SEO | 85 |

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## Security

### Security Headers (A — 85/100)

*9 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Strict-Transport-Security is properly configured (consider adding preload)
- **[PASS]** X-Content-Type-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** X-Frame-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Referrer-Policy is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Permissions-Policy is set
- **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — CSP is the most important header for preventing XSS attacks. See the CSP section for detailed analysis.
- **[PASS]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy is set
- **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present
- **[PASS]** Server header is present without version info

### Content Security Policy (F — 0/100)

*No enforcing CSP policy found*

- **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — CSP is the most effective defense against XSS attacks. Add a Content-Security-Policy header to restrict resource loading.

### TLS & Certificates (A+ — 100/100)

*TLS 1.3, 7 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 is used
- **[PASS]** Strong cipher suite is used
- **[INFO]** HTTP/2 is not negotiated — HTTP/2 provides multiplexing and header compression for better performance.
- **[PASS]** Certificate is valid (expires in 229 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 3 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 2 domain(s)
- **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA

### Cookie Security (A+ — 95/100)

*1 cookies analyzed, 2 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has the Secure flag
- **[PASS]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has the HttpOnly flag
- **[WARNING]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has no SameSite attribute — Without an explicit SameSite attribute, browser default behavior varies. Set SameSite=Lax or Strict.

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## Advanced Security

### Subresource Integrity (C — 60/100)

*1 of 2 external resources have SRI*

- **[WARNING]** External script from challenges.cloudflare.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.
- **[PASS]** script from static.cloudflareinsights.com has SRI protection

### JS Library Vulnerabilities (A+ — 100/100)

*No known vulnerabilities*

- **[PASS]** No known JavaScript library vulnerabilities detected

### Information Leakage (A+ — 100/100)

*No exposures*

- **[INFO]** No security.txt found — Consider adding a security.txt at /.well-known/security.txt.
- **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed

### Email Security (A+ — 100/100)

*DMARC: reject*

- **[PASS]** DMARC policy is reject — strongest protection

### Permissions-Policy (A+ — 100/100)

*18 directives, 0 missing*

- **[PASS]** accelerometer=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** browsing-topics=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** camera=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** clipboard-read=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** clipboard-write=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** geolocation=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** gyroscope=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** hid=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** interest-cohort=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** magnetometer=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** microphone=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** payment=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** publickey-credentials-get=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** screen-wake-lock=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** serial=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** sync-xhr=() — blocked for all origins
- **[PASS]** usb=() — blocked for all origins
- **[INFO]** xr-spatial-tracking=(self)

### CORS Configuration (B — 80/100)

*No CORS headers*

- **[PASS]** No CORS headers present — secure default

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## Performance

### Page Weight Budget (F — 15/100)

*3.4 MB transferred, 99 requests*

- **[WARNING]** Page weighs 7.7 MB (3.4 MB transferred)
- **[WARNING]** JavaScript is 1.4 MB — consider code splitting or lazy loading — Large JavaScript bundles delay interactivity. Split code by route or defer non-critical scripts.
- **[INFO]** Fonts are 551 KB — consider subsetting or using system fonts — Subset fonts to include only used characters, or switch to system font stacks.
- **[INFO]** 99 HTTP requests
- **[INFO]** Estimated 0.71 g CO2 per page load

### Third-Party Impact (D — 50/100)

*100% third-party, 0 ms blocking*

- **[WARNING]** Third-party code accounts for 100% of page weight (3.4 MiB of 3.4 MiB)
- **[PASS]** Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)

### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100)

*All text resources are compressed*

- **[PASS]** All text resources are compressed

### Image Optimization (C — 65/100)

*33 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[WARNING]** https://d32ijn7u0aqfv4.cloudfront.net/wp/wp-conten... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]**  is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

### JS Execution Cost (F — 20/100)

*10779ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** https://wsv3cdn.audioeye.com/static-scripts/m/audi...: 5114ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.sofi.com/: 1532ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://wsv3cdn.audioeye.com/static-scripts/v2/202...: 1230ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 786ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.datadoghq-browser-agent.com/us1/v6/dat...: 633ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Third-party scripts: 10779ms (100% of total)

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*7 fonts (551 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 7 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (F — 20/100)

*33 scripts, 767 KB unused*

- **[WARNING]** https://d32ijn7u0aqfv4.cloudfront.net/libraries/wp...: 329 KB unused (98%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WLS...: 82 KB unused (40%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://wsv3cdn.audioeye.com/static-scripts/v2/202...: 65 KB unused (52%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-637...: 63 KB unused (48%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://d32ijn7u0aqfv4.cloudfront.net/libraries/wp...: 46 KB unused (53%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 767 KB

### Resource Caching (A+ — 100/100)

*All resources properly cached*

- **[PASS]** No caching issues found

### Critical Rendering Path (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected

### Resource Hints (A+ — 100/100)

*No optimization needed*

- **[PASS]** No resource hint issues

### Page Weight Inventory (F — 30/100)

*99 resources · 3.4 MB · 767 KB savings available*

- **[WARNING]** Page weight 2.4 MB over 1MB target
- **[INFO]** ~767 KB of savings available
- **[WARNING]** 97 third-party resources (100% of weight)
- **[INFO]** 5 resources over 200KB

### Render-Blocking Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources detected*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected in <head>

### Third-Party Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party resources detected*


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## Content Quality

### Links (A+ — 100/100)

*3 links checked, 3 healthy, 0 broken*

- **[PASS]** 3 of 3 links are healthy

### Mixed Content (A+ — 100/100)

*No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.*

- **[PASS]** No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS

### Open Graph (F — 0/100)

*No Open Graph tags found — social sharing previews will be generic.*

- **[WARNING]** No Open Graph meta tags found — Without og:title, og:description, and og:image, social media platforms will generate a generic preview when your page is shared.

### Structured Data (C — 40/100)

*No structured data (JSON-LD) found.*

- **[INFO]** No structured data (JSON-LD) found — Adding structured data helps search engines understand your content and can enable rich results.

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## Infrastructure

### DNS Records (A+ — 100/100)

*2 A records, 64 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
- **[INFO]** No IPv6 (AAAA) records
- **[PASS]** 2 nameserver(s) configured
- **[PASS]** 2 mail exchanger(s) configured
- **[INFO]** CAA records not checked — CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
- **[PASS]** SPF record present in TXT
- **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 64 ms

### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100)

*0 redirect(s), 100 ms total*


### IPv6 Readiness (C — 60/100)

*No IPv6 support*

- **[INFO]** No IPv6 (AAAA) records found — IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

### Crawlability (A — 85/100)

*robots.txt present, no sitemap*

- **[PASS]** robots.txt is present
- **[INFO]** No sitemap.xml found — A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
- **[PASS]** robots.txt references sitemap

### URL Variants (A+ — 100/100)

*www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS*

- **[PASS]** HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

### Domain Intelligence (A+ — 100/100)

*sofi.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 28 years, 8 months old, hosted on Cloudflare*

- **[PASS]** Domain registered until Dec 29, 2026 (8 months remaining)
- **[INFO]** DNSSEC is not enabled — DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
- **[PASS]** Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
- **[WARNING]** Registrar lock is NOT enabled — The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.
- **[PASS]** Hosting: Cloudflare

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## Compliance

### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100)

*No testable criteria*


### Cookie Consent & Privacy (B — 80/100)

*No consent signals detected*

- **[WARNING]** No privacy policy link detected — A privacy policy page is recommended for transparency and may be legally required.
- **[INFO]** No terms of service link detected
- **[INFO]** No cookie consent banner detected
- **[PASS]** 1 cookie(s) set on initial load (functional)
- **[INFO]** This is an automated check, not legal advice — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators of consent management. This does not constitute a legal compliance assessment. Consult a privacy professional for GDPR/CCPA compliance.

### Language & i18n (A — 90/100)

*Lang attribute present*

- **[PASS]** <html lang> attribute is present
- **[PASS]** <html lang> value is valid
- **[INFO]** No Content-Language HTTP header
- **[INFO]** Language signals are inconsistent — The <html lang> attribute and Content-Language header should agree.

### Readability & Typography (A+ — 100/100)

*Font sizes and tap targets checked*


### Viewport Configuration (A+ — 100/100)

*Viewport properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Viewport meta tag is present
- **[PASS]** width=device-width is set
- **[PASS]** User zooming is allowed

### Third-Party Trackers (C — 55/100)

*5 trackers detected*

- **[INFO]** 5 third-party trackers detected — Found 5 analytics, 0 advertising, 0 marketing, 0 tag manager trackers.
- **[WARNING]** Trackers detected but no cookie policy found — This page loads 5 trackers but no cookie policy was detected. GDPR requires disclosure when using tracking cookies.
- **[WARNING]** Trackers detected but no privacy policy found — Most data protection regulations require a privacy policy when collecting user data via trackers.

### Cookie & Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100)

*1 cookies · 5 trackers · 0 pre-consent*

- **[INFO]** 5 third-party tracker(s) detected on page

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## Legal

### Legal Page Ecosystem (F — 0/100)

*0 of 7 expected legal pages detected*

- **[WARNING]** Privacy Policy not detected — No link matching common Privacy Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Privacy Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[WARNING]** Terms of Service not detected — No link matching common Terms of Service URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Terms of Service, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Cookie Policy not detected — No link matching common Cookie Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Cookie Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Accessibility Statement not detected — No link matching common Accessibility Statement URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Accessibility Statement, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** DMCA / Copyright Notice not detected — No link matching common DMCA / Copyright Notice URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a DMCA / Copyright Notice, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Refund / Returns Policy not detected — No link matching common Refund / Returns Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Refund / Returns Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Acceptable Use Policy not detected — No link matching common Acceptable Use Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Acceptable Use Policy, especially those collecting user data.

### Copyright Notice (B — 80/100)

*© 2025 Social Finance*

- **[INFO]** Copyright year is 2025 (1 year(s) behind) — Copyright year is 2025 — 1 year(s) behind. While copyright protection doesn't depend on the year being current, an outdated notice may suggest the site is not actively maintained. Update to © 2026 or use a range like © 2025–2026.
- **[PASS]** Copyright holder: Social Finance

### Regulatory Indicators

*0 regulatory indicator(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** This is a technical scan, not a legal assessment — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators that may suggest regulatory relevance. This is not a compliance audit and should not be relied upon for legal decisions. Consult qualified legal counsel for compliance assessments.
- **[INFO]** No specific regulatory indicators detected — No strong signals for GDPR, CCPA, ADA, PCI, HIPAA, or COPPA were found. This does not mean these regulations don't apply — it means we didn't detect common technical indicators.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

*1 third-party service(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** Data inventory for transparency purposes — This inventory identifies third-party services that receive data from your site visitors. Under regulations like GDPR (Article 30), maintaining records of data processing activities is commonly considered a best practice. This automated scan provides a starting point — it may not capture all data flows.
- **[INFO]** 1 third-party services across 1 categories — 1 third-party services detected across 1 categories: CDN (1). Each of these services receives some user data from your site visitors.
- **[INFO]** Cloudflare (CDN) — Detected via script URL. Typically collects: IP address (transient), Request metadata. Privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/. Data Processing Agreement available.

### Compliance Badges (C — 55/100)

*0 compliance badge(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** No compliance badges detected — No recognized compliance certification badges or seals were found. This is common — many sites do not display compliance badges.

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## Availability

### CDN & Delivery (B — 80/100)

*Cloudflare*

- **[PASS]** Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: CDG)

### HTTP Caching (F — 30/100)

*No cache headers*

- **[WARNING]** No Cache-Control header found — Browsers will use heuristic caching, which can be unpredictable. Set explicit cache headers.

### Transport Security (A — 90/100)

*HTTP/3, HSTS, and TLS version analysis*

- **[INFO]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) not advertised — HTTP/3 eliminates head-of-line blocking. If your CDN supports it, consider enabling it.
- **[PASS]** HSTS enabled (includeSubDomains)
- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT)

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## Accessibility

### Landmark Structure (C — 65/100)

*4 landmarks*

- **[PASS]** <main> landmark present
- **[WARNING]** Multiple <main> landmarks (2 found) — A page should have only one <main> landmark.
- **[WARNING]** No <nav> landmark found
- **[WARNING]** Skip navigation link is missing (WCAG 2.4.1) — Add a skip link as the first focusable element so keyboard users can bypass repeated navigation.

### Heading Hierarchy (A+ — 95/100)

*2 headings*

- **[PASS]** Single H1 present
- **[WARNING]** 1 empty heading(s) — Empty headings appear in the document outline but provide no information.

### Alt Text Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*No images*

- **[PASS]** No images on this page

### Form Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*No form controls*

- **[PASS]** No form controls on this page

### Link & Button Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*No links or buttons*

- **[PASS]** No links or buttons on this page

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## UX

### 404 Error Page (F — 25/100)

*HTTP 403, custom page*

- **[WARNING]** Unexpected status code: HTTP 403 — Expected HTTP 404 but received 403. This may confuse search engine crawlers.
- **[PASS]** Custom styled 404 page

### Favicon & Branding (F — 15/100)

*1 icon(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** favicon.ico present at site root
- **[INFO]** No apple-touch-icon detected — iOS devices use this when users add your site to their home screen. Add <link rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='180x180' href='/apple-touch-icon.png'>.

### Web Manifest (D — 40/100)

*Not found*

- **[INFO]** No web manifest found — No manifest at standard paths (/manifest.json, /site.webmanifest). A manifest is optional but enables PWA features like home screen installation and standalone display.

### Dark Mode Support (D — 40/100)

*No dark mode signals*

- **[INFO]** No dark mode signals detected — Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.
- **[INFO]** Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles — External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

### Print Stylesheet (D — 40/100)

*No print styles*

- **[INFO]** No print-specific styles detected — When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.

### Navigation UX (F — 0/100)

*No navigation patterns*

- **[INFO]** No breadcrumbs, search, or skip link detected — These navigation aids help users orient themselves and find content efficiently, especially on large sites.

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## SEO

### Canonical URL (B — 80/100)

*Minor issues*

- **[WARNING]** No canonical tag found — Search engines will determine the canonical URL themselves, which may cause duplicate content issues.

### Meta Tags (A — 85/100)

*Title: 16 chars*

- **[PASS]** Page title is set
- **[WARNING]** Title is only 16 characters — consider expanding
- **[INFO]** Title and H1 have very different wording — Alignment helps users confirm they've reached the right page.

### Content Depth (F — 10/100)

*44 words, Fairly Easy*

- **[CRITICAL]** Page has only 44 words — nearly empty — Search engines need substantive text content to understand and rank a page.
- **[INFO]** Text-to-HTML ratio is 0% — Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Fairly Easy (grade 3)
- **[WARNING]** Thin content — only 44 words

### Internal Links (A — 90/100)

*No links*

- **[PASS]** No links found on this page
- **[WARNING]** Dead-end page — no outgoing internal links

### Image SEO (A+ — 100/100)

*No images*

- **[PASS]** No images on this page

### Hreflang

*0 hreflang tags*


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## Sustainability

### CO2 Per Page Load (D — 50/100)

*0.80g CO2 per view*

- **[INFO]** 0.80g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 3.4 MB, producing an estimated 0.80g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.02g, network 0.17g, end-user device 0.62g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 96.4 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 96.4 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 12051 smartphones.
- **[PASS]** Green hosting reduces data center emissions

### Green Hosting (A+ — 100/100)

*Green (both)*

- **[PASS]** Both hosting and CDN use renewable energy
- **[INFO]** Cloudflare: Verified by the Green Web Foundation
- **[INFO]** Cloudflare: 100% renewable energy for global network since 2019
- **[INFO]** Green hosting status based on known provider commitments — Green hosting detection uses a curated database of provider renewable energy commitments. This is not a real-time verification. For authoritative checks, visit thegreenwebfoundation.org.

### Repeat Visit Weight (A+ — 100/100)

*99% cached*

- **[PASS]** 99% reduction on repeat visits — Returning visitors download only 43 KB (vs 3475 KB first visit). 97 of 99 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.79g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.01g CO2 (first visit: 0.80g)

### Carbon Budget (D — 50/100)

*55th percentile*

- **[WARNING]** 0.80g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g) — Heavier than an estimated 45% of websites. Reducing page weight, optimizing images, and removing unused JavaScript would lower the carbon footprint. See the Performance tab.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 55th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (B — 80/100)

*78% efficient*

- **[INFO]** Transfer efficiency: 78% — An estimated 766 KB (22%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 766 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.18g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.

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