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Security experts have identified some 879,046 servers vulnerable to a brute force flaw that undermines password controls in MySQL and MariaDB systems.

To avoid it, we suggest you set an appropriately secure password to the user root. In this guide, we will explain how to change the phpMyAdmin password on XAMPP.

Critical vulnerabilities in MySQL and database servers MariaDB and PerconaDB can lead to arbitrary code execution, root privilege escalation, and server compromise.