The npm package html-to-text provides a straightforward solution for developers needing to convert HTML content into plain text. Versions 0.0.5 and 0.0.6 share the same core functionality, dependencies, and licensing, suggesting incremental improvements rather than a major overhaul. Both versions rely on htmlparser, underscore, underscore.string, and optimist for parsing, utility functions, string manipulation, and command-line argument parsing, respectively. This indicates a stable foundation for developers seeking a reliable and lightweight HTML-to-text conversion tool.
The primary difference lies in their release dates. Version 0.0.6 was released in February 2013, approximately six months after version 0.0.5, which came out in August 2012. This time difference suggests that version 0.0.6 likely includes bug fixes, performance enhancements, or minor feature additions that address issues or improve upon the existing functionality of version 0.0.5. While the specific nature of these changes isn't explicitly detailed, developers are generally advised to use the latest stable version (in this case, 0.0.6) to benefit from these improvements and ensure compatibility. The consistently maintained dependencies across versions further highlight the package's commitment to stability and ease of integration within various Node.js projects. Developers seeking a simple, dependency-light, and MIT-licensed approach to HTML-to-text conversion will find html-to-text a valuable tool.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 0.0.6 of the package
Regular Expression Denial of Service in underscore.string
Versions of underscore.string prior to 3.3.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).
The function unescapeHTML is vulnerable to ReDoS due to an overly-broad regex. The slowdown is approximately 2s for 50,000 characters but grows exponentially with larger inputs.
Upgrade to version 3.3.5 or higher.
Prototype Pollution in minimist
Affected versions of minimist are vulnerable to prototype pollution. Arguments are not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker to modify the prototype of Object, causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Parsing the argument --__proto__.y=Polluted adds a y property with value Polluted to all objects. The argument --__proto__=Polluted raises and uncaught error and crashes the application.
This is exploitable if attackers have control over the arguments being passed to minimist.
Upgrade to versions 0.2.1, 1.2.3 or later.
Prototype Pollution in minimist
Minimist prior to 1.2.6 and 0.2.4 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via file index.js, function setKey() (lines 69-95).
