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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-1809 in the critical feed json

The default configuration of the Windows binary release of MySQL 3.23.2 through 3.23.52 has a NULL root password, which could allow remote…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1788

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.1%
EPSS 16.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The default configuration of the Windows binary release of MySQL 3.23.2 through 3.23.52 has a NULL root password, which could allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized root access to the MySQL database.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21725)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

16.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21725 MySQL 3.20.32/3.22.x/3.23.x - Null Root Password Weak Default Configuration (1) remote, 2002-08-19
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5503 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.