STIGUI
V-235725CAT II — Medium severitySV-235725r960963_rule

The ability of sites to show pop-ups must be disabled.

Rule version EDGE-00-000008 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

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.

Check

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

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

If the value for DefaultPopupsSetting is not set to "REG_DWORD = 2", this is a finding.

Fix

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".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-235725
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-235725r960963_rule
Check ID
C-38944r626371_chk
Fix ID
F-38907r626372_fix