net-security.orgWeb servers have become commonplace on just about every hardware device from printers to switches. Such an addition makes sense as all devices require a management interface and making that interface web accessible is certainly more user friendly than requiring the installation of a new application.
Despite typically being completely insecure, such web servers on printers/scanners are generally of little interest from a security perspective, even though they may be accessible over the web, due to network misconfigurations. Yes, you can see that someone neglected to replace the cyan ink cartridge but that's not of much value to an attacker. However, that's not always the case...
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