DTBI123 - The Allow META REFRESH property must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone).

Information

It is possible that users will unknowingly be redirected to a site hosting malicious content. Allow META REFRESH must have level of protection based upon the site being browsed. This policy setting allows you to manage whether a user's browser can be redirected to another web page if the author of the web page uses the Meta Refresh setting to redirect browsers to another web page.

Solution

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Restricted Sites Zone -> 'Allow META REFRESH' to 'Enabled' and select 'Disable' from the drop-down box.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Microsoft_IE9_V1R15_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, Rule-ID|SV-40606r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTBI123, Vuln-ID|V-6298

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 3fe6820a00d8132fd16d5eeb50e852365b04d89ab5bdb5898acd203eac06fa43