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Clickjacking protection
Methodology v7 · canonical ID x-frame-options · Web Security · scored · census as of July 28, 2026
Stops attackers embedding your site to trick your customers into clicking things.
Definition
| Canonical ID | x-frame-options |
|---|---|
| Category | Web Security |
| Grade impact | Scored — counts toward the grade |
| Pass | The site sends X-Frame-Options (DENY/SAMEORIGIN) or a CSP frame-ancestors directive. |
| Fail | Neither header is sent — the site can be framed by any origin. |
| Example (passing) | X-Frame-Options: DENY |
No-data rule: when this check couldn't be determined for a domain (timeout, SERVFAIL, redacted
source) it returns N/A and is excluded from that domain's scoring denominator — "couldn't determine"
is never counted as a failure. "Determined absent" is a real fail.
Prevalence across the census
5.66% of graded domains send clickjacking protection (X-Frame-Options or CSP frame-ancestors) (15,615,625 of 275,666,275, as of July 28, 2026).
Census denominator: 275,666,275 graded domains. Aggregates only — never an individual domain's result.
Fix it
Plain-English impact, cost of ignoring it, and step-by-step remediation: defaults.exposed/en/fix/clickjacking
Cite this check
Defaults.Exposed, "Clickjacking protection (x-frame-options)", Grading Methodology v7 (census as of July 28, 2026). https://defaults.exposed/methodology/v7/x-frame-options
Permalink: https://defaults.exposed/methodology/v7/x-frame-options ·
All 34 checks: v7 registry ·
Machine-readable: checks.json ·
Licence: open data