Basic authentication for RSS feeds over HTTP must not be used.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Basic authentication uses plain text passwords that could be used to compromise a system.

ID: SV-253408r958478_rule
Version: WN11-CC-000300
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000381
Updated: 24 days ago

Remediation Templates

The default behavior is for the Windows RSS platform to not use Basic authentication over HTTP connections.

To correct this, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> RSS Feeds >> "Turn on Basic feed authentication over HTTP" to "Not Configured" or "Disabled".