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.

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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title FileRise: Setup mode re-activates when users.txt becomes empty, allowing unauthenticated admin creation
Weaknesses CWE-306
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T15:29:11.267Z

Reserved: 2026-06-24T14:53:40.111Z

Link: CVE-2026-57492

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T15:29:06.149Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-14T21:17:37.650

Modified: 2026-10-15T16:18:17.787

Link: CVE-2026-57492

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T13:15:07Z

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