Access denied when confirming additional email addresses
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Steps to reproduce
- Add enother email address in the profile.
- Receive email that the new address must be confirmed.
- Click link in the email.
Expected behaviour
The email should be confirmed. If this is not possible, the UI to add email addresses should be hidden for guest users.
Actual behaviour
"Der Zugriff auf diese Ressource ist für Gastnutzer untersagt." (Access denied for guest users).
Server configuration
Seen on c.n.c
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue by adding an email address to a guest user's profile and following the confirmation link. Inspect the guest-user email confirmation flow and the profile UI; done means confirmation succeeds or the email-address controls are hidden for guest users, with the access-denied behavior no longer occurring.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- authentication
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100