# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://vie-publique.fr

**Date:** April 22, 2026  
**URL:** https://vie-publique.fr  
**Overall Grade:** C (75/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/90649e7e-b9d5-4fe6-833b-3b7c496bca94

## Top Findings

1. **[CRITICAL]** /.svn/entries is publicly accessible — Security > Information Leakage
2. **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers
3. **[CRITICAL]** Cookie 'bot_mitigation_cookie' is missing the Secure flag — Security > Cookie Security
4. **[CRITICAL]** HSTS header is missing — Security > Security Headers
5. **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — Security > Content Security Policy

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## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 56 |
| Accessibility | 100 |
| Best Practices | 77 |
| SEO | 92 |

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## Security

### Security Headers (F — 10/100)

*2 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[CRITICAL]** HSTS header is missing — Strict-Transport-Security forces browsers to use HTTPS, preventing downgrade attacks. Add the header with a max-age of at least 1 year.
- **[WARNING]** X-Content-Type-Options header is missing — This header prevents MIME-type sniffing, which can lead to XSS attacks. Set it to 'nosniff'.
- **[WARNING]** X-Frame-Options header is missing — This header prevents clickjacking by controlling who can embed your page in a frame. Set it to DENY or SAMEORIGIN.
- **[WARNING]** Referrer-Policy header is missing — Controls how much referrer information is sent with requests. Set to 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin' or stricter.
- **[WARNING]** Permissions-Policy header is missing — Controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) are allowed. Set it to restrict unused features.
- **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — CSP is the most important header for preventing XSS attacks. See the CSP section for detailed analysis.
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header is missing — COOP isolates your browsing context, preventing cross-origin side-channel attacks. Set to 'same-origin'.
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — COEP prevents loading cross-origin resources without explicit permission. Required for SharedArrayBuffer and high-resolution timers.
- **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present
- **[PASS]** Server header is not present

### 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 309 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 5 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 16 domain(s)
- **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA

### Cookie Security (B — 80/100)

*1 cookies analyzed, 1 checks passed*

- **[CRITICAL]** Cookie 'bot_mitigation_cookie' is missing the Secure flag — Without the Secure flag, this cookie can be sent over unencrypted HTTP, exposing it to interception.
- **[WARNING]** Cookie 'bot_mitigation_cookie' is missing the HttpOnly flag — Without HttpOnly, this cookie can be accessed by JavaScript, making it vulnerable to XSS-based theft.
- **[PASS]** Cookie 'bot_mitigation_cookie' has SameSite=Lax

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## Advanced Security

### Subresource Integrity (F — 20/100)

*0 of 1 external resources have SRI*

- **[WARNING]** External script from wzzn.vie-publique.fr lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.

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

*No known vulnerabilities*

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

### Information Leakage (C — 55/100)

*Critical exposure detected*

- **[CRITICAL]** /.svn/entries is publicly accessible — Version control directory is accessible. This exposes source code and potentially secrets. Block access in your web server configuration.
- **[WARNING]** /phpinfo.php is publicly accessible — Debug or admin endpoint is accessible. This may expose server internals or provide attack vectors.
- **[PASS]** security.txt is present — good practice

### Email Security (F — 30/100)

*No DMARC*

- **[WARNING]** No DMARC record found — Without DMARC, email receivers have no policy for handling authentication failures.

### Permissions-Policy (D — 40/100)

*No header set*

- **[WARNING]** No Permissions-Policy header — Consider adding a Permissions-Policy header to restrict browser feature access from embedded content.

### CORS Configuration (B — 80/100)

*No CORS headers*

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

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## Performance

### Page Weight Budget (A — 89/100)

*919 KB transferred, 62 requests*

- **[PASS]** Page weighs 2.7 MB (919 KB transferred)
- **[INFO]** 62 HTTP requests
- **[INFO]** Estimated 0.19 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 (918.2 KiB of 919.1 KiB)
- **[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 (B — 70/100)

*27 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.vie-publique.fr/themes/custom/vp_dsfr/... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

### JS Execution Cost (D — 40/100)

*2848ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.vie-publique.fr/themes/custom/vp_dsfr/...: 736ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.vie-publique.fr/: 616ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 604ms CPU time
- **[INFO]** https://www.vie-publique.fr/themes/custom/vp_dsfr/...: 234ms CPU time
- **[INFO]** https://www.vie-publique.fr/files/js/js_Af887Nld9r...: 220ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Third-party scripts: 2848ms (100% of total)

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*4 fonts (166 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 4 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (B — 80/100)

*14 scripts, 92 KB unused*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.vie-publique.fr/libraries/jspdf/dist/j...: 71 KB unused (78%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.vie-publique.fr/files/js/js_Af887Nld9r...: 21 KB unused (68%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 92 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 (A — 85/100)

*62 resources · 919 KB · 92 KB savings available*

- **[PASS]** Within 1MB page-weight target
- **[INFO]** ~92 KB of savings available
- **[WARNING]** 59 third-party resources (100% of weight)

### 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)

*130 links checked, 130 healthy, 0 broken*

- **[PASS]** 130 of 130 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 (C — 70/100)

*Open Graph tags are partially configured — some improvements recommended.*

- **[WARNING]** Missing og:description — The og:description tag controls the description in social sharing previews.
- **[WARNING]** Missing og:image — The og:image tag provides a preview image for social sharing.
- **[INFO]** og:title is short (20 characters) — Ideal length is 25–60 characters for social sharing previews.

### Structured Data (A+ — 100/100)

*2 JSON-LD block(s) found — structured data is well configured.*

- **[INFO]** Missing recommended property "description" for WebSite — Adding "description" can improve how search engines display your content.
- **[INFO]** Missing recommended property "logo" for Organization — Adding "logo" can improve how search engines display your content.
- **[PASS]** 2 JSON-LD blocks found

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## Infrastructure

### DNS Records (A — 85/100)

*1 A records, 339 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
- **[INFO]** Single A record — no DNS redundancy — Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
- **[INFO]** No IPv6 (AAAA) records
- **[PASS]** 4 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
- **[WARNING]** DNS resolution is slow (339 ms) — Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.

### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100)

*No redirects — direct access*

- **[PASS]** No redirects — direct access

### 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, sitemap with 0 URLs*

- **[PASS]** robots.txt is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is valid XML
- **[WARNING]** sitemap.xml is empty — no URLs found — An empty sitemap provides no value. Add <url> entries for your pages.
- **[INFO]** robots.txt does not reference a sitemap — Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

### URL Variants (B — 75/100)

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

- **[CRITICAL]** Both www and non-www versions serve content
- **[PASS]** HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

### Domain Intelligence (A — 90/100)

*vie-publique.fr — via NAMESHIELD, 24 years, 10 months old, hosted on OVH*

- **[WARNING]** Domain expires in 67 days — Consider enabling auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration.
- **[PASS]** Registrar: NAMESHIELD
- **[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: OVH

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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 (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party trackers detected*

- **[PASS]** No third-party trackers detected

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

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

- **[INFO]** 1 cookie(s) could not be classified

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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 (C — 55/100)

*No copyright notice detected*

- **[INFO]** No copyright notice detected — No copyright notice detected in the page content. While not legally required in most jurisdictions (copyright exists automatically), a notice is standard practice and signals site ownership.

### Regulatory Indicators

*2 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]** GDPR indicators detected (moderate confidence) — Indicators suggesting GDPR may be relevant: European TLD detected: .fr. EU General Data Protection Regulation — governs collection and processing of personal data of EU residents.
- **[INFO]** HIPAA indicators detected (weak confidence) — Indicators suggesting HIPAA may be relevant: Text mentions: phi. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — protects sensitive patient health information.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

*0 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]** No recognized third-party data-sharing services detected — This page does not appear to load external tracking, analytics, or advertising scripts.

### 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 (D — 50/100)

*No CDN detected*

- **[WARNING]** No CDN detected — A CDN can significantly improve load times for users around the world by caching content at edge nodes closer to them.

### HTTP Caching (D — 40/100)

*no-store (uncacheable)*

- **[INFO]** Cache-Control: no-store prevents all caching — Intentional for dynamic content, but increases server load for every page view.
- **[INFO]** No ETag or Last-Modified header — Conditional requests (304 Not Modified) are not possible without validators.

### Transport Security (B — 75/100)

*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.
- **[WARNING]** Missing Strict-Transport-Security header — HSTS tells browsers to only use HTTPS, preventing SSL stripping attacks.
- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT)

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## Accessibility

### Landmark Structure (A — 85/100)

*7 landmarks*

- **[PASS]** <main> landmark present
- **[PASS]** 2 <nav> landmark(s) found
- **[PASS]** All <nav> elements are properly labeled
- **[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.
- **[PASS]** Search landmark present

### Heading Hierarchy (A+ — 100/100)

*22 headings*

- **[PASS]** Single H1 present

### Alt Text Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*All 15 images OK*

- **[PASS]** 14 decorative image(s) correctly marked
- **[PASS]** 1 image(s) with good alt text

### Form Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*All 1 controls labeled*

- **[PASS]** 1 control(s) properly labeled

### Link & Button Quality (A — 88/100)

*89 links, 15 buttons — all OK*

- **[WARNING]** 13 link(s) open in new tab without warning — Add '(opens in new tab)' to link text or aria-label.
- **[PASS]** 76 link(s) with descriptive text

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## UX

### 404 Error Page (F — 20/100)

*Soft 404 detected*

- **[CRITICAL]** Soft 404: server returns HTTP 200 for non-existent pages — The server returns HTTP 200 for a path that does not exist. Search engines will index these pages, diluting your real content. Configure your server to return a proper 404 status code for missing pages.

### Favicon & Branding (B — 70/100)

*16 icon(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** favicon.ico present at site root
- **[PASS]** HTML icon links detected
- **[PASS]** Apple touch icon present
- **[PASS]** Multiple icon sizes detected

### Web Manifest (F — 30/100)

*Invalid JSON*

- **[WARNING]** Manifest contains invalid JSON — Manifest at https://vie-publique.fr/manifest.json contains invalid JSON. Browsers cannot parse it.

### 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 (A+ — 100/100)

*Print styles detected*

- **[PASS]** External print stylesheet detected

### Navigation UX (F — 35/100)

*1 navigation pattern(s)*

- **[PASS]** Search functionality detected
- **[PASS]** 2 navigation landmark(s) detected

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## SEO

### Canonical URL (A — 85/100)

*Minor issues*

- **[PASS]** Canonical tag present
- **[WARNING]** Canonical does not match final URL (https://vie-publique.fr)
- **[PASS]** Canonical target returns 200
- **[INFO]** Canonical points to a different domain

### Meta Tags (A+ — 95/100)

*Title optimized*

- **[PASS]** Page title is set
- **[PASS]** Title length (40 chars) is optimal
- **[INFO]** Title and H1 have very different wording — Alignment helps users confirm they've reached the right page.

### Content Depth (B — 80/100)

*868 words, Difficult*

- **[PASS]** Page has 868 words of content
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Difficult (grade 14)

### Internal Links (A+ — 100/100)

*75 internal, 14 external*

- **[PASS]** 75 internal links (84%)
- **[PASS]** 100% of links use descriptive anchor text
- **[INFO]** 75 internal / 14 external links

### Image SEO (A+ — 100/100)

*15 images, 15 descriptive filenames*

- **[PASS]** All images have descriptive filenames

### Hreflang

*0 hreflang tags*


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## Sustainability

### CO2 Per Page Load (A — 85/100)

*0.21g CO2 per view*

- **[PASS]** 0.21g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 0.9 MB, producing an estimated 0.21g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.01g, network 0.04g, end-user device 0.16g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 25.5 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 25.5 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 3186 smartphones.
- **[PASS]** Green hosting reduces data center emissions

### Green Hosting (B — 80/100)

*Green (hosting)*

- **[PASS]** OVHcloud uses renewable energy
- **[INFO]** OVHcloud: Verified by the Green Web Foundation
- **[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)

*98% cached*

- **[PASS]** 98% reduction on repeat visits — Returning visitors download only 21 KB (vs 919 KB first visit). 59 of 62 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.21g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.00g CO2 (first visit: 0.21g)

### Carbon Budget (A — 85/100)

*11th percentile*

- **[PASS]** 0.21g CO2 — below the sustainability target of 0.50g — Cleaner than an estimated 89% of websites analyzed. This page meets the Web Sustainability Guidelines target.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 11th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (B — 80/100)

*90% efficient*

- **[INFO]** Transfer efficiency: 90% — An estimated 92 KB (10%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 92 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.02g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.

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