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10243

Windows Media Player Network Sharing (HTTP)

A Windows machine with media streaming enabled — HTTP.sys serving the WMPNSSv4 endpoint.

TCP IANA registry

Description

Not registered with IANA, but on Windows it is entirely predictable: the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service reserves the URL http://+:10243/WMPNSSv4/ with HTTP.sys under the NT SERVICE\WMPNetworkSvc account, so the port opens whenever media streaming or DLNA sharing is turned on — often by a setup wizard rather than a deliberate choice. It is the HTTP half of the UPnP AV media server, advertised over SSDP on UDP 1900. Nmap sees it open on about 0.07% of scanned hosts, essentially all Windows.

Exposed to the internet?

Do not expose

A LAN media-sharing surface with no business on a public IP: it exposes the library to anyone who can reach it and puts HTTP.sys, historically a source of remote vulnerabilities, on the wire. Turn media streaming off if you are not using it.

Check it yourself

$ curl -sSI http://TARGET:10243/WMPNSSv4/

See also

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