fix: #9149, server-side handling of disableChatMessageEditing

src/messaging/edit.js

@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 			durationConfig = 'chatDeleteDuration';
 		}
 
+		const isAdminOrGlobalMod = await user.isAdminOrGlobalMod(uid);
+
 		if (meta.config.disableChat) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:chat-disabled]]');
-		} else if (meta.config.disableChatMessageEditing) {
+		} else if (!isAdminOrGlobalMod && meta.config.disableChatMessageEditing) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:chat-message-editing-disabled]]');
 		}
 
@@ -57,19 +59,17 @@ module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 		if (userData.banned) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:user-banned]]');
 		}
+
 		const canChat = await privileges.global.can('chat', uid);
 		if (!canChat) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]');
 		}
 
-		const [isAdmin, messageData] = await Promise.all([
-			user.isAdministrator(uid),
-			Messaging.getMessageFields(messageId, ['fromuid', 'timestamp', 'system']),
-		]);
-
-		if (isAdmin && !messageData.system) {
+		const messageData = await Messaging.getMessageFields(messageId, ['fromuid', 'timestamp', 'system']);
+		if (isAdminOrGlobalMod && !messageData.system) {
 			return;
 		}
+
 		const chatConfigDuration = meta.config[durationConfig];
 		if (chatConfigDuration && Date.now() - messageData.timestamp > chatConfigDuration * 1000) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:chat-' + type + '-duration-expired, ' + meta.config[durationConfig] + ']]');

test/messaging.js

@@ -597,12 +597,15 @@ describe('Messaging Library', function () {
 	describe('edit/delete', function () {
 		var socketModules = require('../src/socket.io/modules');
 		var mid;
-		before(function (done) {
-			socketModules.chats.send({ uid: fooUid }, { roomId: roomId, message: 'first chat message' }, function (err, messageData) {
-				assert.ifError(err);
-				mid = messageData.mid;
-				done();
-			});
+		let mid2;
+		before(async function () {
+			await socketModules.chats.addUserToRoom({ uid: fooUid }, { roomId: roomId, username: 'baz' });
+			mid = (await socketModules.chats.send({ uid: fooUid }, { roomId: roomId, message: 'first chat message' })).mid;
+			mid2 = (await socketModules.chats.send({ uid: bazUid }, { roomId: roomId, message: 'second chat message' })).mid;
+		});
+
+		after(async () => {
+			await socketModules.chats.leave({ uid: bazUid }, roomId);
 		});
 
 		it('should fail to edit message with invalid data', function (done) {
@@ -723,6 +726,38 @@ describe('Messaging Library', function () {
 				done();
 			});
 		});
+
+		describe('disabled via ACP', () => {
+			before(async () => {
+				meta.config.disableChatMessageEditing = true;
+			});
+
+			after(async () => {
+				meta.config.disableChatMessageEditing = false;
+			});
+
+			it('should error out for regular users', async () => {
+				try {
+					await socketModules.chats.delete({ uid: bazUid }, { messageId: mid2, roomId: roomId });
+				} catch (err) {
+					assert.strictEqual('[[error:chat-message-editing-disabled]]', err.message);
+				}
+			});
+
+			it('should succeed for administrators', async () => {
+				await socketModules.chats.delete({ uid: fooUid }, { messageId: mid2, roomId: roomId });
+				await socketModules.chats.restore({ uid: fooUid }, { messageId: mid2, roomId: roomId });
+			});
+
+			it('should succeed for global moderators', async () => {
+				await Groups.join(['Global Moderators'], bazUid);
+
+				await socketModules.chats.delete({ uid: fooUid }, { messageId: mid2, roomId: roomId });
+				await socketModules.chats.restore({ uid: fooUid }, { messageId: mid2, roomId: roomId });
+
+				await Groups.leave(['Global Moderators'], bazUid);
+			});
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('controller', function () {