From de6d164870f7fd256ed10b48dd7c6266b469702c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "K. Adam White" <kadamwhite@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 04:02:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] REST API: Ensure users with "moderate_comments" capability
 may edit comments.

Props meloniq.
Fixes #47024.


Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@46433


git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@46231 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 .../rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php  | 4 ++--
 wp-includes/version.php                                       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php b/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
index 0320efaae9..376959ad2a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
+++ b/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
@@ -1672,8 +1672,8 @@ class WP_REST_Comments_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		if ( ! current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) ) {
-			return false;
+		if ( current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) ) {
+			return true;
 		}
 
 		return current_user_can( 'edit_comment', $comment->comment_ID );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 08d8059fc0..f46843d35f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.3-beta2-46432';
+$wp_version = '5.3-beta2-46433';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.