Starship
starship / search / buy-button

Audit report

Buy Button channel

TrustedReach : broadSensitive Access

by Shopify · Places to sell · Shopify App Store

First-partyPlaces to sell
Risk level
Trusted
Executive summary

Sell products on any website or blog, or share checkout links

Key insights

  • ◆First-party app published by Shopify itself - inherits Shopify's enterprise security posture (HSTS preload, Cloudflare, dedicated security team, public bug bounty).
  • ◆Built for Shopify badge present, indicating compliance with Shopify's quality and security standards.
  • ◆Data is governed by Shopify's global privacy policy with residency in Canada, Ireland, and Singapore; cross-border transfers use SCCs.
  • ◆No CVEs or breaches attributed to the Buy Button channel app itself; ecosystem incidents trace to unrelated third-party apps.

Top findings

No critical or high findings detected.
Synthesis

Analysis summary

Sell products on any website or blog, or share checkout links

Key insights
  • ◆First-party app published by Shopify itself - inherits Shopify's enterprise security posture (HSTS preload, Cloudflare, dedicated security team, public bug bounty).
  • ◆Built for Shopify badge present, indicating compliance with Shopify's quality and security standards.
  • ◆Data is governed by Shopify's global privacy policy with residency in Canada, Ireland, and Singapore; cross-border transfers use SCCs.
  • ◆No CVEs or breaches attributed to the Buy Button channel app itself; ecosystem incidents trace to unrelated third-party apps.
  • ◆Shopify operates a public HackerOne bug bounty (since 2013) covering this product surface.

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Permissions

OAuth scopes requested

These are the access permissions this app asks for during install. The sensitivity column reflects PII exposure and merchant impact.

read_customers
High

Access to customer name, email, phone, physical address, geolocation - sensitive PII.

write_customers
High

Ability to edit customer records; write access raises blast radius if compromised.

read_products
Low

Required to surface products in embedded buy buttons.

write_products
Medium

Product editing; sensitive but necessary for product management within the channel.

write_checkouts
High

Modifies the online store checkout flow - critical path for revenue and PCI scope.

read_users
Medium

Store owner / staff data access.

write_resource_feedbacks
Low

Channel feedback mechanism, low blast radius.

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Attack surface

Network surface

Primary domain
shopify.com
TLS grade
A
HSTS
Enabled
CSP
Missing

HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload (max-age=15552000); Cloudflare-fronted; x-content-type-options: nosniff present. No CSP header on the marketing root.

Posture

Compliance & certifications

GDPR webhooks Pass
SOC 2 Type II Pass
ISO 27001 Pass
PCI DSS Pass

Shopify is a publicly traded enterprise (NYSE: SHOP) with documented compliance programs (GDPR controller/processor, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Level 1 for payment processing). Privacy policy delegates certification disclosure to shopify.com/security.

Privacy policy
Track record

Publisher reputation

Publisher
Shopify
Verified Shopify Partner
Yes
Years active
20
Other apps
20
Past incidents
No past incidents on record.
LLM exposure

AI / LLM usage

No LLM usage detected. This app does not appear to forward any customer or merchant data to large-language-model providers.