WebcamXP is discontinued. The official website now redirects to unrelated software. However, portable copies live on:
During a routine external reconnaissance scan of a target subnet (192.168.1.0/24), an open TCP port 8080 was found on host 192.168.1.45 with an HTTP response header containing:
Server: WebcamXP 5.8.2.0
Navigating to http://192.168.1.45:8080 in a browser presented the default WebcamXP interface – a live video feed from a connected webcam (in this case, a Logitech C920), with motion detection logs and a settings panel.
The log file webcamxp.log showed repeated 401 Unauthorized attempts followed by a 200 OK with ?pwd=secret32l from IP 203.0.113.55. The attacker likely brute-forced common URL parameters (?pwd=, ?pass=, ?key=) after detecting the portable version string. my webcamxp server 8080 secret32l portable
Takeaway: Even a small surveillance setup can become a window into your physical space if default security assumptions (like “portable = safer”) go unchecked. Always assume a discovered HTTP parameter is as good as a key.
For a typical setup using these parameters, here is the information you may be looking for: Default Credentials
If you are trying to log in or configure the server, the standard default credentials for webcamXP are: (or blank in some older versions) Accessing Your Server WebcamXP is discontinued
To view your stream or access the management console, use the following URL formats in your web browser: Local Access:
secret32l is not a secret. It’s been posted on Reddit, HackForums, and GitHub gists. Automated bots scan for it 24/7.
Absolutely not for any internet-facing purpose. Instead, migrate to: Takeaway: Even a small surveillance setup can become
If you must keep WebcamXP for offline nostalgia (e.g., vintage webcam on a LAN party), change the password immediately and do not use port 8080—use a random high port like 49155 and bind to 127.0.0.1 only.
[WebcamXP Config]
port=8080
auth_key=secret32l
portable_mode=true
If you operate a server matching this description: