Is wp-time-capsule (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress wp-time-capsule has 2 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29.

2advisories

2critical

0on CISA KEV

0no fix recorded

CVE	Title	Severity	CVSS	Affected	Fixed in
CVE-2024-8856	The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation i	critical	9.8	`<1.22.22`	`1.22.22`
CVE-2020-8771	The Time Capsule plugin before 1.21.16 for WordPress has an authentication bypass. Any request containing IWP_JSON_PREFIX causes the client	critical	9.8	`<1.21.16`	`1.21.16`

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