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. Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2022-33198 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2022-33198 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

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