Unable to edit images in Media (private sites)

[ehti]

Steps to reproduce

1. Starting at URL: wordpress.com/media/{site}
2. Click an image - then the blue "edit" button
3. Once the image opens, click "Edit image"

*site should be private

What I expected

Image should load, allowing you to crop, rotate etc.

What happened instead

Image doesn't load, and this error is returned:

Sorry, there was a problem loading the image. Please close this editor and try selecting the image again.

JavaScript console output:

XMLHttpRequest cannot load https://merilab.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/domains-coming-soon3.jpg?. No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin 'https://wordpress.com' is therefore not allowed access. The response had HTTP status code 403.

The URL will be the one for your image, in the above output.

Browser / OS version

Chrome latest

Screenshot / Video

Context / Source

#manual-testing #user-report

[bperson]

Confirmed on a private site ( getting a 403 on the file even though I own the site ), working fine on public sites.

[ehti]

Thanks @bperson - private site was the missing puzzle. Edited the description.

[ehti]

dupe - #17347