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File: wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
public function get_items_permissions_check( $request ) {
if ( ! empty( $request['post'] ) ) {
foreach ( (array) $request['post'] as $post_id ) {
$post = get_post( $post_id );
if ( ! empty( $post_id ) && $post && ! $this->check_read_post_permission( $post, $request ) ) {
return new WP_Error(
'rest_cannot_read_post',
__( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to read the post for this comment.' ),
array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() )
);
} elseif ( 0 === $post_id && ! current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) ) {
return new WP_Error(
'rest_cannot_read',
__( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to read comments without a post.' ),
array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() )
);
}
}
}
if ( ! empty( $request['context'] ) && 'edit' === $request['context'] && ! current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) ) {
return new WP_Error(
'rest_forbidden_context',
__( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit comments.' ),
array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() )
);
}
if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {
$protected_params = array( 'author', 'author_exclude', 'author_email', 'type', 'status' );
$forbidden_params = array();
foreach ( $protected_params as $param ) {
if ( 'status' === $param ) {
if ( 'approve' !== $request[ $param ] ) {
$forbidden_params[] = $param;
}
} elseif ( 'type' === $param ) {
if ( 'comment' !== $request[ $param ] ) {
$forbidden_params[] = $param;
}
} elseif ( ! empty( $request[ $param ] ) ) {
$forbidden_params[] = $param;
}
}
if ( ! empty( $forbidden_params ) ) {
return new WP_Error(
'rest_forbidden_param',
/* translators: %s: List of forbidden parameters. */
sprintf( __( 'Query parameter not permitted: %s' ), implode( ', ', $forbidden_params ) ),
array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() )
);
}
}
return true;
}