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authorCarlton Gibson <carlton.gibson@noumenal.es>2018-06-18 21:36:20 +0200
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2018-06-18 15:37:10 -0400
commit67fc680c43b4f4fddb7bf4988088b1ef7f36bbdd (patch)
tree7ed4685cce77c3d0131f83105a38a04faffc75a6 /docs
parent306f1f8ea3e2b54e194a59ac0ecb686460f180e8 (diff)
[2.1.x] Fixed #29502 -- Allowed users with the view permission to use autocomplete_fields.
Backport of 5b733171813f8ddc7af84abe79f2646204b9c6ca from master
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@@ -1119,6 +1119,9 @@ subclass::
You must define :attr:`~ModelAdmin.search_fields` on the related object's
``ModelAdmin`` because the autocomplete search uses it.
+ To avoid unauthorized data disclosure, users must have the ``view`` or
+ ``change`` permission to the related object in order to use autocomplete.
+
Ordering and pagination of the results are controlled by the related
``ModelAdmin``'s :meth:`~ModelAdmin.get_ordering` and
:meth:`~ModelAdmin.get_paginator` methods.