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V-251565CAT III — Low severitySV-251565r960963_rule

Firefox autoplay must be disabled.

Rule version FFOX-00-000021 · STIG v6 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

Autoplay allows the user to control whether videos can play automatically (without user consent) with audio content. The user must be able to select content that is run within the browser window.

Check

Type "about:policies" in the browser address bar.

If "Permissions" is not displayed under Policy Name or the Policy Value is not "Autoplay" with a value of "Default" and "Block-audio-video", this is a finding.

Fix

Windows group policy: 1. Open the group policy editor tool with "gpedit.msc". 2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox\Permissions\Autoplay Policy Name: Default autoplay level Policy State: Enabled Policy Value: Block Audio and Video

macOS "plist" file: Add the following: <key>Permissions</key> <dict> <key>Autoplay</key> <dict> <string>block-audio-video</string> </dict> </dict>

Linux "policies.json" file: Add the following in the policies section: "Permissions": { "Autoplay": { "Default": "block-audio-video" } }

Identifiers

Group ID
V-251565
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-251565r960963_rule
Check ID
C-55000r832306_chk
Fix ID
F-54954r807166_fix