diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-post.php b/wp-admin/wp-post.php
index 49d6207b5..1f524686c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-post.php
@@ -350,10 +350,17 @@ switch($action) {
if ($user_level == 0)
die ('Cheatin’ uh?');
+
$comment = $HTTP_GET_VARS['comment'];
$p = $HTTP_GET_VARS['p'];
+
+ $postdata = get_postdata($p) or die('Oops, no post with this ID. Go back!');
$commentdata = get_commentdata($comment) or die('Oops, no comment with this ID. Go back!');
+ $authordata = get_userdata($postdata['Author_ID']);
+ if ($user_level < $authordata->user_level)
+ die ('You don’t have the right to delete '.$authordata->user_nickname.'’s post comments. Go back!');
+
$result = $wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $tablecomments WHERE comment_ID=$comment");
if($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_REFERER'] != "") {