The forum still links to the Forum Posting Guidelines in its API

  • 1. Date and Time (please include the timezone):
    December 3, 2021 at 17:26 MDT

    2. Describe the bug or exploit:
    The forum's API endpoint (https://forum.totalfreedom.me/api) links to the now-unavailable Forum Posting Guidelines under the guidelinesUrl field. This field is used by the extension that handles reporting as part of the "report user" dialog box.
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    3. Plugin(s) impacted:
    flarum-flags

    4. Expected behaviour (if known):
    The forum returns the link to the new and global Community Guidelines.

    5. Step to reproduce:
    Open the report dialog box. Hover over the "community guidelines" link.

    6. Server where the bug occurred:
    Forum

    7. Can the bug or exploit be reproduced on another server within the network?
    Not applicable

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  • This should be a quick fix. All's needed is to go to the administration panel, open the settings for the "Flags" feature and update the "Community Guidelines URL".

    TotalFreedom's Executive Community & Marketing Manager