[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9403: Quick Edit can unintentionally alter post author

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#9403: Quick Edit can unintentionally alter post author
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 Reporter:  sojweb        |       Owner:                
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned    
Component:  Quick Edit    |     Version:                
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  changes author
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 If a user authors a post, and that user's role is later switched to
 something that doesn't have edit capabilities, using quick edit on their
 post will switch the author to a different user. This shouldn't happen.

 To reproduce:[[BR]]
 * Create a test user with edit privileges[[BR]]
 * Create post and set that user as the author[[BR]]
 * Change that user's role to Subscriber[[BR]]
 * Do a quick edit on the user's post[[BR]]
 * The author of that post is always set to the user who did the quick
 edit[[BR]]

 The problem is that, if the user no longer has edit privileges, they are
 left off the dropdown list of authors, but the blank field is filled in
 with the current user in _wp_translate_postdata(). The solution is a
 simple check in admin-ajax.php that fills in the field with the post
 author if it is blank.

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