Book OP Trick
It seems that you can put a special URL into a book and then if you trick a operator in to clicking it you can run commands off that book and that includes /op. So basically if you put this URL in a book and tell them to click it then you can basically get op without there knowledge. I really think this should be patched because this could cause a lot of chaos.
There is a special generator that helps you create one of theses but its in a form of a hacked client. http://www.wizardhax.com/2015/05/01/minecraft-1-8-1-8-4-book-hack-force-op-download/