From c1ac29128494df9b8ad9e1d25166ce340eed8014 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 15:36:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ability to enumerate email via updateProfile method

---
 src/user/profile.js | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/user/profile.js b/src/user/profile.js
index 2748690b81..a8d1b02d1d 100644
--- a/src/user/profile.js
+++ b/src/user/profile.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 	};
 
 	async function validateData(callerUid, data) {
-		await isEmailAvailable(data, data.uid);
+		await isEmailValid(data);
 		await isUsernameAvailable(data, data.uid);
 		await isWebsiteValid(callerUid, data);
 		await isAboutMeValid(callerUid, data);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		isGroupTitleValid(data);
 	}
 
-	async function isEmailAvailable(data, uid) {
+	async function isEmailValid(data) {
 		if (!data.email) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -91,14 +91,6 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		if (!utils.isEmailValid(data.email)) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:invalid-email]]');
 		}
-		const email = await User.getUserField(uid, 'email');
-		if (email === data.email) {
-			return;
-		}
-		const available = await User.email.available(data.email);
-		if (!available) {
-			throw new Error('[[error:email-taken]]');
-		}
 	}
 
 	async function isUsernameAvailable(data, uid) {