Details

Set whether websites can show pop-up windows. Pop-ups can be allowed on all websites (‘AllowPopups’) or blocked on all sites (‘BlockPopups’).

If this policy is configured, pop-up windows are blocked by default, and users can change this setting.

Policy options mapping:

– AllowPopups (1) = Allow all sites to show pop-ups.

– BlockPopups (2) = Do not allow any site to show pop-ups.

Solution

Set the policy value for ‘Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings/Default pop-up window setting’ to ‘Enabled’ with the option value set to ‘Do not allow any site to show pop-ups’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Edge_V1R4_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-7a.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000381
• Rule-ID|SV-235725r626523_rule
• STIG-ID|EDGE-00-000008
• Vuln-ID|V-235725

Source

• Tenable.com/audits