Safer public launches
A practical security checklist for vibe-coded websites
Fast AI-assisted development can shorten the path from idea to deployment, but it does not remove the need for normal security engineering. This checklist separates what VibeFootprint can observe publicly from checks that still require repository and application access.
Scan a website for free→Public protections the scanner can review
The scan examines selected response-header values on the main public document. These controls reduce common browser-side exposure when they are configured for the actual application rather than copied as placeholders.
- Use HTTPS and a meaningful Strict-Transport-Security policy
- Develop and enforce a restrictive Content Security Policy
- Prevent unwanted framing and MIME-type sniffing
- Limit referrer leakage and unnecessary browser permissions
Repository checks before launch
These checks cannot be established from a public URL and should be completed in the codebase and deployment environment.
- Remove exposed secrets and rotate anything previously committed
- Review dependencies, lockfiles and known vulnerabilities
- Validate authorization on every privileged server action
- Apply server-side input validation and output encoding
- Separate development, preview and production credentials
Product and workflow checks
Exercise login, password reset, forms, payments, uploads and role changes with negative as well as successful cases. Confirm that logs do not contain secrets or unnecessary personal data and that abuse controls exist for expensive endpoints.
- Rate-limit scans, messages and generation endpoints
- Test error states without leaking internal details
- Back up critical data and rehearse recovery
- Assign an owner for monitoring and incident response
Turn findings into safe changes
Treat generated implementation prompts as scoped starting points, not automatic patches. Review the affected code, test expected and adversarial behavior, deploy through the normal release process and rescan the public surface.
Common questions
Does vibe coding make a website insecure?+
Not by definition. Risk depends on the architecture, implementation, review process and deployment controls—not on the tool used to write code.
What does the security score measure?+
It summarizes selected publicly visible header protections on the main document. It remains independent from the Vibe-Footprint.
What still needs manual testing?+
Authentication, authorization, forms, payments, backend logic, dependencies, secrets, runtime behavior and accessibility require additional testing.