From 313283608034d608b6d6c17b5b1f12fe402cb1e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boone Gorges <boonebgorges@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:36:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Taxonomy: More specific cap check when processing category
 data on post save.

Props dlh.
Fixes #36379.

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@37691 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
---
 src/wp-admin/includes/post.php | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index 6ef84ba655..bd58325d9a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ function _wp_translate_postdata( $update = false, $post_data = null ) {
 		$post_data['post_date_gmt'] = get_gmt_from_date( $post_data['post_date'] );
 	}
 
+	if ( isset( $post_data['post_category'] ) ) {
+		$category_object = get_taxonomy( 'category' );
+		if ( ! current_user_can( $category_object->cap->assign_terms ) ) {
+			unset( $post_data['post_category'] );
+		}
+	}
+
 	return $post_data;
 }