From 13139fe77e01568d8b6fca34674533f0f5c6511d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <baris@nodebb.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 23:15:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] return early for guests/spiders

---
 src/privileges/users.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/privileges/users.js b/src/privileges/users.js
index 21322bdb41..7cdfef0bf9 100644
--- a/src/privileges/users.js
+++ b/src/privileges/users.js
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ module.exports = function (privileges) {
 	}
 
 	function isModeratorOfCategory(cid, uid, callback) {
+		if (parseInt(uid, 10) <= 0) {
+			return filterIsModerator(cid, uid, false, callback);
+		}
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
 				async.parallel([