Vue Template Compiler versions 2.1.0 and 2.0.8 offer crucial functionality for Vue.js developers working with Vue 2.0, enabling the pre-compilation of Vue templates into render functions for improved performance and flexibility. Both versions, licensed under MIT, share a foundation designed to parse and optimize Vue templates. They depend on 'he' for HTML entity encoding/decoding and 'de-indent' for removing unnecessary indentation from template strings - dependencies that remain consistent between these releases, indicating stability in core template handling.
However, the key difference lies in the release date, where version 2.1.0 released on November 22, 2016 represents a more recent iteration compared to version 2.0.8 released on November 20, 2016 . This suggests that version 2.1.0 might contain bug fixes, minor improvements, or optimizations not present in the earlier version. While the description remains the same, incremental updates are common in software development.
For developers, choosing the latest version (2.1.0) is generally recommended to leverage any potential enhancements and stability improvements. Although the core functionality pertaining to template compilation is consistent, newer versions tend to receive the most up-to-date support and are most likely to be compatible with the rest of the Vue ecosystem. Developers should always consult the official Vue.js changelogs for a version upgrade to understand the comprehensive list of changes and potential impact on their projects.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.1.0 of the package
vue-template-compiler vulnerable to client-side Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
A vulnerability has been discovered in vue-template-compiler, that allows an attacker to perform XSS via prototype pollution. The attacker could change the prototype chain of some properties such as Object.prototype.staticClass or Object.prototype.staticStyle to execute arbitrary JavaScript code. Vue 2 has reached End-of-Life. This vulnerability has been patched in Vue 3.
