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

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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.

ID
SV-235725r960963_rule
Version
EDGE-00-000008
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

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".