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DELETE /api/students/dvm/studentClassYears/{studentClassYearId} inherited only the controller-wide SVMSecure.Students permission. The adjacent create and update operations on the same controller already require SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents, so a user with general Students access could perform a more destructive operation than their permission allows.

Introduced in 44de98f (2024-05-07), where the endpoint was added without a method-level permission.

Change

One attribute:

  • web/Areas/Students/Controllers/DvmController.cs - added [Permission(Allow = "SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents")] to DeleteStudentClassYear.

PermissionAttribute is AllowMultiple and implements IAuthorizationFilter, so the controller-level and method-level filters both run: the caller now needs SVMSecure.Students and SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents, matching the other mutations on this controller.

Tests

test/Students/DvmStudentsControllerAuthorizationTests.cs (7 tests):

  • The controller still requires SVMSecure.Students.
  • DeleteStudentClassYear requires SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents.
  • Each of the four class-year mutations requires it (theory).
  • EveryMutatingAction_RequiresSisAllStudentsPermission reflects over every POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE action on the controller, so a future mutation added without the SIS gate fails the build rather than shipping unguarded.

Full backend suite green.

Scope

Deliberately server-side only, so the authorization fix is small and independently revertable.

The matching UI work is stacked in #315: until that merges, a user without SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents still sees a Delete button, and clicking it now returns 403 instead of deleting. That is the same thing Save already did for those users before this PR, so it is not a new failure mode, but it is the reason #315 should follow closely.

Notes

  • No audit entry was added. The sibling create/update mutations do not audit and the Students area has no audit facility outside the separate emergency-contact table, so adding one would need a new table and widen this PR.
  • NotFound for a missing record already existed.

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The delete student class-year endpoint now requires SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents. New authorization tests verify controller-level access, class-year mutation protection, and permission coverage for all mutating actions.

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Student mutation authorization

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Controller authorization and regression coverage
web/Areas/Students/Controllers/DvmController.cs, test/Students/DvmStudentsControllerAuthorizationTests.cs
The delete student class-year endpoint requires SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents. Reflection-based tests verify controller and method-level permissions, including all public POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE actions.

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The endpoint now correctly requires the SIS.AllStudents permission before deleting a class year, preventing unauthorized deletion and returning 403 when the permission is missing. The change is otherwise mergeable, but the read-only class-year dialog still needs an accessible name and explicit close control to avoid usability problems for keyboard and screen-reader users.

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In `@web/Areas/Students/Views/StudentClassYear.cshtml`:
- Around line 23-51: Add an id to the dialog title and reference it through
aria-labelledby on q-dialog to provide an accessible name. Add a visible q-btn
with aria-label “Close dialog” outside the canManageClassYears condition, wiring
it to close the dialog for users who cannot manage class years.
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rlorenzo force-pushed the fix/student-class-year-delete-permission branch from 1408865 to 1bed830 Compare August 18, 2026 02:16
The DELETE endpoint inherited only the controller-wide SVMSecure.Students
gate, so any user with general Students access could remove a class-year
record, while the adjacent create and update operations already required
SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents.

- Regression test reflects over every mutating action on the controller,
  so a future POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE added without the SIS gate fails

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Pull request overview

Tightens authorization for the DVM student class-year DELETE endpoint to match the other class-year mutations on DvmStudentsController, preventing users with only SVMSecure.Students from performing a destructive operation without the SIS-level permission. Adds regression tests to ensure the controller’s mutating actions remain gated by SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents.

Changes:

  • Add method-level [Permission(Allow = "SVMSecure.SIS.AllStudents")] to DeleteStudentClassYear.
  • Add authorization regression tests validating controller-level and per-action permission requirements, including a reflection-based guard for future mutating actions.

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File Description
web/Areas/Students/Controllers/DvmController.cs Adds SIS-level permission requirement to DeleteStudentClassYear to align with other mutations.
test/Students/DvmStudentsControllerAuthorizationTests.cs Introduces regression tests to enforce Students + SIS permission gating for class-year mutations.
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test/Students/DvmStudentsControllerAuthorizationTests.cs:39

  • Same issue here: the test assumes PermissionAttribute.Allow is a single exact string, but the attribute supports comma-separated lists. Split and trim before checking for the required permission to avoid brittle failures.
        var permissions = method.GetCustomAttributes<PermissionAttribute>(false)
            .Select(p => p.Allow)
            .ToList();

test/Students/DvmStudentsControllerAuthorizationTests.cs:71

  • This check compares Allow via exact string equality, but PermissionAttribute supports comma-separated allow lists (OR). If a future action uses a combined allow string that includes SIS.AllStudents, this test will incorrectly flag it as unguarded. Split/trim Allow values and then check Contains(SIS.AllStudents).
            .Where(m => !m.GetCustomAttributes<PermissionAttribute>(false)
                .Any(p => p.Allow == SisAllStudentsPermission))
            .Select(m => m.Name)
            .ToList();

test/Students/DvmStudentsControllerAuthorizationTests.cs:56

  • Same brittleness in the theory: Allow can be a comma-separated list, so .Select(p => p.Allow) can miss a required permission if it’s combined with others. Split and trim before asserting.
        var permissions = method.GetCustomAttributes<PermissionAttribute>(false)
            .Select(p => p.Allow)
            .ToList();

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