CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-82809

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.26%

17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs

Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability was found in vidIQ Vision for YouTube Extension 3.199.0 on Chrome. The issue is in the window.addEventListener function of the postMessage Handler component, where manipulating the vidiqEvent argument leads to information disclosure. The attack can be performed remotely and the exploit is public.

Risk Assessment

A remote attack could expose sensitive user information from the browser, posing a risk to privacy and data security.

Recommendation

Remove or disable the vidIQ Vision extension until a fix is provided by the vendor. Monitor vendor communications for updates.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A security flaw has been discovered in vidIQ Vision for YouTube Extension 3.199.0 on Chrome. The affected element is the function window.addEventListener of the component postMessage Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument vidiqEvent results in information disclosure. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor explains: "At this time, vidIQ does not accept security vulnerability submissions, and we do not have a bug bounty program in place."

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