[bitnami/wordpress] Installation fails when database password contains special characters

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Name and Version

bitnami/wordpress 28.1.0

What steps will reproduce the bug?

1. Create a new external MariaDB database
2. Create a database user with password containing special characters e.g. "uH4aq3xIt!RW6i<7" (example)
3. Install wordpress chart (using empty PVC)

Are you using any custom parameters or values?

Disabled internal DB, enabled external DB

What is the expected behavior?

Wordpress installation should succeed with any database password.
If not possible, the documentation should note restrictions and a clear error message should be provided.

What do you see instead?

Wordpress pod goes into crash loop backoff after "Installing WordPress"

Additional information

No response

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