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Cross-Origin Isolation Headers Not Configured

One or more cross-origin isolation headers (COOP, COEP, CORP) are not set. These headers provide defense-in-depth but are only required if your site uses features like SharedArrayBuffer or needs strict cross-origin isolation.

Issue ID: SEC-CROSS-ORIGIN-ISOLATION-001
Severity: advisory
Impact: Low
Effort: S

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  • You need deeper remediation guidance than the issue card can show.
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What this issue is

One or more cross-origin isolation headers (COOP, COEP, CORP) are not set. These headers provide defense-in-depth but are only required if your site uses features like SharedArrayBuffer or needs strict cross-origin isolation.

Why it matters

One or more cross-origin isolation headers (COOP, COEP, CORP) are not set. These headers provide defense-in-depth but are only required if your site uses features like SharedArrayBuffer or needs strict cross-origin isolation. This affects browser trust signals and whether visitors feel safe submitting contact details.

How we detect it

  • FreeSiteAudit flags this issue when the rule for SEC-CROSS-ORIGIN-ISOLATION-001 fails and the page evidence points to Http headers.
  • You can usually confirm this by checking the page source or the relevant page settings inside your CMS.

Evidence examples

Check the affected page source, rendered output, or relevant CMS setting to confirm the missing or incorrect element.

How to fix it

  1. 1Add Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin header (test popup-based OAuth flows first)
  2. 2Add Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy: require-corp header
  3. 3Add Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy: same-origin or same-site header

How to re-check it

  • Confirm all three cross-origin headers are present in response headers

Related tools

This issue is best verified with the full FreeSiteAudit crawl rather than a single-point mini tool.