The html-webpack-plugin, a tool designed to streamline the creation of HTML files that serve webpack bundles, saw a notable update between versions 1.1.0 and 1.2.0. While both versions share the core functionality of simplifying HTML generation, version 1.2.0 introduces a key dependency: lodash. This addition suggests an enhanced capability to manipulate data and templates within the plugin,potentially offering more flexible options for customizing HTML output. Developers should investigate how lodash is leveraged in version 1.2.0 to understand if the changes meet their specific templating requirements.
Beyond the new lodash addition, the core dependencies and developer tools remain consistent between the two versions. Both rely on blueimp-tmpl for templating, and utilize jshint, rimraf, webpack, and jasmine-node for development and testing. The license and repository information are identical, ensuring continued open-source availability and access to the project's source code. One key difference is the release date with version 1.2.0 being released almost a year later than 1.1.0, meaning that it might include bug fixes and stability improvements.
Developers evaluating which version to use should consider their need for enhanced data manipulation within the HTML generation process. If complex data transformation or template logic is required, version 1.2.0 with its lodash dependency, may provide a solution, considering as well that it's a newer version. Otherwise, version 1.1.0 may still be adequate for simpler use cases.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.2.0 of the package
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash before 4.17.12 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. The function defaultsDeep allows a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object via {constructor: {prototype: {...}}} causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Update to version 4.17.12 or later.
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash before 4.17.5 are vulnerable to prototype pollution.
The vulnerable functions are 'defaultsDeep', 'merge', and 'mergeWith' which allow a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object via __proto__ causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Update to version 4.17.5 or later.
Prototype Pollution in lodash
Versions of lodash before 4.17.11 are vulnerable to prototype pollution.
The vulnerable functions are 'defaultsDeep', 'merge', and 'mergeWith' which allow a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object via {constructor: {prototype: {...}}} causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Update to version 4.17.11 or later.
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lodash
lodash prior to 4.7.11 is affected by: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: Date handler. The attack vector is: Attacker provides very long strings, which the library attempts to match using a regular expression. The fixed version is: 4.7.11.
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lodash
All versions of package lodash prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions.
Steps to reproduce (provided by reporter Liyuan Chen):
var lo = require('lodash');
function build_blank(n) {
var ret = "1"
for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
ret += " "
}
return ret + "1";
}
var s = build_blank(50000) var time0 = Date.now();
lo.trim(s)
var time_cost0 = Date.now() - time0;
console.log("time_cost0: " + time_cost0);
var time1 = Date.now();
lo.toNumber(s) var time_cost1 = Date.now() - time1;
console.log("time_cost1: " + time_cost1);
var time2 = Date.now();
lo.trimEnd(s);
var time_cost2 = Date.now() - time2;
console.log("time_cost2: " + time_cost2);
Command Injection in lodash
lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Command Injection via the template function.