Changeset 60830 for branches/5.6/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php

Timestamp:

09/30/2025 05:03:34 PM (10 months ago)

Author:

desrosj

Message:

Grouped backports for the 5.6 branch.

• REST API: Increase the specificity of capability checks for collections when the edit context is in use.
• Menus: Prevent HTML in menu item titles from being rendered unexpectedly.

Merges [60814], [60815], [60816] to the 5.6 branch.

Props andraganescu, desrosj, ehti, hurayraiit, iandunn, joehoyle, johnbillion, jorbin, mnelson4, noisysocks, peterwilsoncc, phillsav, rmccue, timothyblynjacobs, vortfu, westonruter , whyisjake, zieladam.

Location:

branches/5.6

Files:

• . (modified) (1 prop)
• src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php (modified) (4 diffs)

branches/5.6/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php

@@ -202 +202 @@
                         return new WP_Error(
                                 'rest_forbidden_context',
-                                __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to list users.' ),
+                                __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit users.' ),
                                 array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() )
                         );
@@ -325 +325 @@
 
                 foreach ( $query->results as $user ) {
+                        if ( 'edit' === $request['context'] && ! current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user->ID ) ) {
+                                continue;
+                        }
+
                         $data    = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $user, $request );
                         $users[] = $this->prepare_response_for_collection( $data );
@@ -424 +428 @@
                 }
 
-                if ( 'edit' === $request['context'] && ! current_user_can( 'list_users' ) ) {
-                        return new WP_Error(
-                                'rest_user_cannot_view',
-                                __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to list users.' ),
+                if ( 'edit' === $request['context'] && ! current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user->ID ) ) {
+                        return new WP_Error(
+                                'rest_forbidden_context',
+                                __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit this user.' ),
                                 array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() )
                         );
-                } elseif ( ! count_user_posts( $user->ID, $types ) && ! current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user->ID ) && ! current_user_can( 'list_users' ) ) {
+                }
+
+                if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user->ID ) && ! current_user_can( 'list_users' ) && ! count_user_posts( $user->ID, $types ) ) {
                         return new WP_Error(
                                 'rest_user_cannot_view',
@@ -1025 +1031 @@
                 }
 
-                if ( in_array( 'roles', $fields, true ) ) {
+                if ( in_array( 'roles', $fields, true ) && ( current_user_can( 'list_users' ) || current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user->ID ) ) ) {
                         // Defensively call array_values() to ensure an array is returned.
                         $data['roles'] = array_values( $user->roles );