Is compress-\&-upload (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress compress-\&-upload has 1 known advisory in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28.

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CVE	Title	Severity	CVSS	Affected	Fixed in
CVE-2025-8889	The Compress & Upload WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 does not properly validate uploaded files, allowing high privilege users such as admin t	low	3.8	`<1.0.5`	`1.0.5`

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