Responsible Disclosure
Responsible disclosure
Last updated · 2026-05-08
This document describes the audit scope of E:LAB Studio's tools and services, how we use external data, where our liability ends, and how to report security issues in our own systems.
1. Security audit scope
- Our Security audit only runs against sites whose domain ownership has been verified. Unverified domains are never scanned.
- Most scanners are passive — they analyse public responses and metadata only.
- A handful of active checks exist, governed by the following rules:
- Rate limited (≤ 30 requests per minute)
- No attempt to mutate user data
- Only non-destructive payloads
- Full audit completes within 45 seconds
2. SEO / GEO audit scope
- SEO / GEO audits read only public pages — meta, OG, structured data, and headers. Pages behind authentication are out of scope.
- Scores are computed from our internal rulebook, which may evolve over time.
- A high score does not guarantee search / AI exposure, and a low score does not block exposure outright. Scores are signals for prioritising improvements.
3. External data usage
- OSV.dev: public data used for matching JavaScript library CVEs.
- Google Safe Browsing: public API used to check domain-blocking status.
- Google Analytics: anonymised usage statistics.
- Google OAuth: login authentication.
- LemonSqueezy: payment processing.
- Anthropic: model calls for some AI suggestion features (parts of audit results may be sent to the model).
Beyond these sub-processors, we do not send your site information to any external system.
4. Limits of liability
- Our tool output alone is not a complete proof of site security or search exposure.
- The Security audit only analyses publicly exposed signals. It cannot catch every risk in your internal code, server configuration, or operations.
- For deep penetration testing, hire a dedicated security firm.
- Decisions based on SEO / GEO results are your responsibility, and outcomes can shift with search-engine / AI algorithm changes.
5. Reporting vulnerabilities in our own systems
If you find a security issue in E:LAB Studio's tools / services (elab-studio.com and adjacent subdomains), please report it as follows.
- Send the issue, reproduction steps, and impact range to gdode2080@gmail.com.
- We acknowledge receipt within an average of 48 hours.
- We prioritise patches by severity and publish a post-mortem after the patch ships.
For a faster response, please:
- Do not access real user data.
- Do not harm service availability (no bulk automated attacks).
- Hold off on public disclosure until the patch ships.
6. Triage priority
- Critical: auth bypass, user-data exposure, infrastructure takeover → patch starts within 24 hours
- High: privilege escalation, payment bypass → patch within 3 business days
- Medium / Low: information disclosure, UX defects → reviewed and a schedule shared within 14 business days
7. Reward
We do not run a formal bug-bounty program. For meaningful reports, we offer a Hall-of-Fame listing or an appropriate token of thanks.