CVE-2026-82809: Information Disclosure in vidIQ Vision for YouTube Extension
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."
CVE-2026-82809: Information Disclosure in vidIQ Vision for YouTube Extension
Description
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."
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
cpe:2.3:a:vidiq:vision_for_youtube_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulDB
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-31T04:55:45.384Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a95add6acd9273b4955f7e2
Added to database: 08/31/2026, 16:37:42 UTC
Last updated: 08/31/2026, 17:22:35 UTC
Views: 4
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