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Not possible to download files as anonymous user

See original GitHub issue

Environment:

CTFd Version/Commit: 2.0.0 from master
Operating System: Debian Stretch, Ubuntu 18.04, …
Web Browser and Version: Firefox 63

What happened?

In admin, set visibility of challenges to public
Logout
Open challenge view (/challenges)
Click on a challenge with a file
Try to download the file (/files/c378d661d2c9e103c4409cd4c92d801f/alice_bob.py
=> Error 403

What did you expect to happen?

…
Click on a challenge with a file
Try to download the file
File downloads

How to reproduce your issue

see above

Any associated stack traces or error logs

none

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Comments:9 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

ColdHeatcommented, Dec 8, 2018

The function you probably want is:

from CTFd.utils.config.visibility import challenges_visible

I’ll have a fix ready soon 😃

1reaction

ColdHeatcommented, Dec 8, 2018

@stefan2904 this should fix your issue. Would be great if you could confirm. Thanks for reporting!

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