# CVE-2023-2066: Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin <= 3.6.0 - Missing Authorization Checks

> Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings and bulletins due to missing capability checks in the Bulletin WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4gjm-9g8f-35g5

## What is CVE-2023-2066?

CVE-2023-2066 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in mikewire_rocksolid Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin, published on 9 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the  'bulletinwp_update_bulletin_status', 'bulletinwp_update_bulletin', 'bulletinwp_update_settings', 'bulletinwp_update_status', 'bulletinwp_export_bulletins', and 'bulletinwp_import_bulletins' functions functions in versions up to, and including, 3.6.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access, and above, to modify the plugin's settings, modify bulletins, create new bulletins, and more.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2066?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bulletin Announcement \& Notification Banner - Bulletin.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2066?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2066 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2066 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2066 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in mikewire_rocksolid Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin

- [CVE-2023-2067](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2067/): Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin <= 3.7.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2066 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2066 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in mikewire_rocksolid Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin, published on 9 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2066 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: mikewire_rocksolid Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2066/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2066/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2066
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2066
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2066

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2066/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.