A website's ability to query for payment methods must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-235767	EDGE-00-000055	SV-235767r960972_rule		Medium

Description

This setting determines whether websites can check if the user has payment methods saved. If this policy is disabled, websites that use "PaymentRequest.canMakePayment" or "PaymentRequest.hasEnrolledInstrument" API will be informed that no payment methods are available. If this policy is enabled or is not set, websites can check to determine if the user has payment methods saved.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-09-13

Details

Check Text (C-38986r626497_chk)

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow websites to query for available payment methods" must be set to "disabled".

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

If the value for PaymentMethodQueryEnabled is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38949r626498_fix)

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow websites to query for available payment methods" to "disabled".