This problem still exists with SmarterTrack Build 9413 (Oct 9, 2025).
When you upload/add images to a news item, if you are logged in as a user/admin, you can view the images in the post but when you log out to view the post anonymously, the images are shown as broken.
I observed the image tags are rendered with src like this:
<img src="/Management/NewsItems/frmAttachment.aspx?newsattchid=25" style="width: 750px;" class="fr-fil fr-dib">
If I copy the src /Management/NewsItems/frmAttachment.aspx?newsattchid=25 and open it directly in the browser (anonymously), this error is shown (thus the image is broken):
Invalid Permissions
If I open /AvatarHandler.ashx?newsattchid=25 url (note that I pass the same newsattchid) directly in the browser, then the image is displayed.
So there seems to be a bug in news item, i.e. image tags are rendered with src /Management/NewsItems/frmAttachment.aspx?newsattchid=25 where they should be rendered with src /AvatarHandler.ashx?newsattchid=25
These are public news items so the permissions are correct because you can view the news item page text but not image.