Medium severity · published Jan 21, 2025
CVE-2025-21540
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Privileges)
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MS
Mysql Server · Oracle
8.0.0 through 8.0.40; 8.4.0 through 8.4.3; 9.0.0 through 9.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21540
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21540
Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-0004/
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