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CVE-2026-57492: FileRise: Setup mode re-activates when users.txt becomes empty, allowing unauthenticated admin creation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-14 · updated 2026-10-15
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

FileRise is a self-hosted web-based file manager with multi-file upload, editing, and batch operations. Prior to 3.16.0, FileRise treats an empty or missing users.txt file as a fresh installation even after setup previously completed. If storage loss, truncation, or another failure empties the user store, an unauthenticated remote caller can detect that setup mode reopened and create the next initial administrator account through the setup flow. The application lacked a durable setup-complete marker independent of the mutable user store. This issue is fixed in version 3.16.0.

Affected products

• error311 FileRise: before 3.16.0

References

• https://github.com/error311/FileRise/commit/f7114ca2a4e624238dda0d097a07ad6b05c11bb6
• https://github.com/error311/FileRise/releases/tag/v3.16.0
• https://github.com/error311/FileRise/security/advisories/GHSA-g555-3rg9-wrq8
• https://github.com/error311/FileRise/security/advisories/GHSA-g555-3rg9-wrq8

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