Vue Template Compiler versions 2.1.2 and 2.1.3 are incremental updates within the Vue 2.0 ecosystem. Both versions serve as template compilers, transforming Vue templates into render functions, a crucial step for Vue's virtual DOM and efficient updates. Developers rely on this package to pre-compile templates, improving runtime performance by avoiding on-the-fly compilation in the browser. Functionality surrounding the core compilation process remains very similar as dependencies, he and de-indent, stay identical.
The key difference lies in the release date. Version 2.1.2 was released on November 23, 2016, while version 2.1.3 followed closely on November 24, 2016. This suggests that version 2.1.3 likely contains bug fixes or minor enhancements discovered shortly after the 2.1.2 release. While the specific nature of these changes isn't explicitly detailed in the provided data, developers are encouraged to upgrade to the latest patch version for potential performance improvements, bug resolutions, and greater stability. For Vue 2.0 projects, ensuring the template compiler version aligns with the core Vue library version is essential to avoid compatibility issues. Regularly updating can subtly enhance your Vue development by leveraging minor tweaks, even if the core feature set is unchanged.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.1.3 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.
