Vue Template Compiler versions 2.1.6 and 2.1.5 are both template compilers designed for Vue 2.0, offering developers a powerful tool to transform Vue templates into render functions. Both versions share the same core functionality, providing essential capabilities for pre-compiling templates, which can significantly improve runtime performance by avoiding in-browser compilation. Crucially, both versions depend on the same core dependencies: he for HTML entity encoding/decoding and de-indent for removing unnecessary indentation from templates, ensuring consistent parsing and rendering. Both are licensed under the permissive MIT license, fostering open-source development.
The key difference between the two versions lies in subtle refinements and bug fixes implemented in version 2.1.6. While the provided data doesn't specify the exact nature of these changes, the release date of version 2.1.6, which is several hours later than 2.1.5 (2016-12-13T17:22:24.686Z vs 2016-12-13T03:09:24.368Z), suggests that these updates likely address minor issues or optimizations found in the initial 2.1.5 release. Because core dependencies are the same, upgrading between those versions should not produce any breaking change for existing codebases, and stay generally safe for developers and their workflow. For Vue developers, upgrading to version 2.1.6 is recommended to benefit from these potential improvements, as it maintains backward compatibility and builds upon the established stability of version 2.1.5. Developers should always consult the official Vue changelog for comprehensive details on specific fixes and enhancements included in each release.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.1.6 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.
