CVE-2026-57492FileRise: Setup mode re-activates when users.txt becomes empty, allowing unauthenticated admin creation
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, higher than 19% of scored CVEs.
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.4 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-306
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.27% (percentile 19)
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
error311 FileRise error311:filerise (from the name) | before 3.16.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/error311/FileRise/security/advisories/GHSA-g555-3rg9-wrq8x-refsource-confirm
- https://github.com/error311/FileRise/commit/f7114ca2a4e624238dda0d097a07ad6b05c11bb6x-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/error311/FileRise/releases/tag/v3.16.0x-refsource-misc
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