Accordions (WordPress plugin) - Missing Authorization (CVE-2022-33198)

CVE-2022-33198 is a critical vulnerability in the Accordions WordPress plugin by Biplob Adhikari, allowing unauthenticated attackers to change WordPress options remotely. This flaw could be exploited to compromise site configuration, potentially leading to privilege escalation, data loss, or full site takeover.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 10th of December 2025.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2022-33198 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations. CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2022-33198 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Attackers exploit unauthenticated POST requests to /wp-json/oxiaccordionsultimate/v1/oxi_settings to update plugin settings, allowing them to modify site options without authentication.