CVE-2025-21540 (GCVE-0-2025-21540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-21 20:53 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:57
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Summary
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Privileges). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.40 and prior, 8.4.3 and prior and 9.1.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).
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5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Server accessible data.
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Oracle Corporation MySQL Server Affected: * , ≤ 8.0.40 (custom)
Affected: * , ≤ 8.4.3 (custom)
Affected: * , ≤ 9.1.0 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:8.0.40_and_prior:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:8.4.3_and_prior:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:9.1.0_and_prior:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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