CVE-2022-38104 — Auth

Auth. WordPress Options Change (siteurl, users_can_register, default_role, admin_email and new_admin_email) vulnerability in Biplob Adhikari's Accordions – Multiple Accordions or FAQs Builder plugin (versions <= 2.0.3 on WordPress.

01What is this vulnerability?

Auth. WordPress Options Change (siteurl, users_can_register, default_role, admin_email and new_admin_email) vulnerability in Biplob Adhikari's Accordions – Multiple Accordions or FAQs Builder plugin (versions <= 2.0.3 on WordPress.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Biplob Adhikari	Accordions	Multiple Accordions or FAQs Builder (WordPress plugin) — <= 2.0.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-10-21T15:33:17.747Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-20T19:58:12.769Z

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/accordions-or-faqs/#developers
• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/accordions-or-faqs/wordpress-accor…