Not only have you configured MySQL 8 for remote connections, you’ve also created a user with access to all databases and connected to the remote server with both the command line and a GUI.

On the MySQL server, you must grant access to the wordpressdb to that user from that IP address. Here’s how to grant the user access (I’m assuming you already created the user wpadmin on the ...

Security researchers have released details about a vulnerability in the MySQL server that could allow potential attackers to access MySQL databases without inputting proper authentication credentials.