Microsoft SharePoint Server
TMA-SHAREPOINT-3.11
Ensure that the SharePoint Central Administration interface is not hosted in the DMZ.
HighLevel 1Manual reviewsharepoint
Description
The SharePoint Central Administration site should not be installed onto the network DMZ, which is exposed to external internet connections. Manual review.
How it is checked
Audit method: Manual review
This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.
Note the Central Administration URL (e.g. http://server:port) on an admin workstation, then try to open it from a workstation or server in the DMZ. Finding if it is reachable from the DMZ or if a server hosting Central Administration is in the DMZ.
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Remove Central Administration from DMZ servers: run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard, choose Do not disconnect from the server farm, then Yes, I want to remove the website from this machine.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- sharepointnetworkcentral-admin
- Reference
- CIS Microsoft SharePoint 2019 Benchmark v1.0.0 - 3.11 Ensure that the SharePoint Central Administration interface is not hosted in the DMZ.