Compress & Upload
Compress & Upload has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 7.2, and the most serious one scores 7.2 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high.
The most common weakness is Unrestricted Upload Of File With Dangerous Type, behind 1 of the records (100%).
The one issue recorded for Compress & Upload has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.
All of these findings were reported by Muhammed Çelik. Compress & Upload is installed on roughly 10 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.7.7.
CVE-2025-8889Compress Then Upload <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload
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Compress & Upload
Author
Eli Hanna
Compress & Upload lets you upload images to the WordPress media library but it first compresses and resizes them on your browser before uploading them. This is particularly useful if you need to upload large sized images and you are using a poor internet connection or if your current WordPress site has small upload size limit. How to upload images? Install plugin Navigate to Media -> Compress & Upload Drag & Drop images into the dropzone and watch them get uploaded Navigate to Media -> Library to see your uploaded images Contribution Contributions are welcome, you may improve the plugin, solve issues or just browse the plugin repository here.
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