Basic authentication for RSS feeds over HTTP must not be used.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Basic authentication uses plain text passwords that could be used to compromise a system.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-220854r569187_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
The default behavior is for the Windows RSS platform to not use Basic authentication over HTTP connections.
If this needs to be corrected, 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".