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V-235767

CAT II (Medium)

A website's ability to query for payment methods must be disabled.

Rule ID

SV-235767r960972_rule

STIG

Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R5

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

This setting determines whether websites can check if the user has payment methods saved. If this policy is disabled, websites that use "PaymentRequest.canMakePayment" or "PaymentRequest.hasEnrolledInstrument" API will be informed that no payment methods are available. If this policy is enabled or is not set, websites can check to determine if the user has payment methods saved.

Check Content

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow websites to query for available payment methods" must be set to "disabled".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

If the value for PaymentMethodQueryEnabled is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow websites to query for available payment methods" to "disabled".