# CVE-2025-52331: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the generate report functionality in Rarlab WinRAR 7.11, allows attackers…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-52331-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-the-generate-report  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-12  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-52331 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.1 · Published 2025-11-12

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the generate report functionality in Rarlab WinRAR 7.11, allows attackers to disclose user information such as the computer username, generated report directory, and IP address. The generate report command includes archived file names without validation in the HTML report, which allows potentially malicious HTML tags to be injected into the report. User interaction is required. User must use the "generate report" functionality and open the report.

Technologies: [RARLAB WinRAR](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/winrar). Vendors: [RARLAB](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/rarlab).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-52331 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-52331 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-52331?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.1, published 12 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** RARLAB WinRAR. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-52331?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-52331?** Check whether you run RARLAB WinRAR. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- RARLAB WinRAR

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