Vue Template Compiler versions 2.4.0 and 2.4.1, both designed for Vue 2.0, share a common purpose: compiling Vue templates. Examining the metadata reveals minimal differences between the two versions. Both offer the core functionality of transforming Vue templates into render functions that the Vue runtime can efficiently execute. They share the same dependencies: he for HTML entity encoding/decoding and de-indent for removing unnecessary indentation from strings which are crucial for template processing. The license for both versions is MIT, offering developers broad freedom in using and distributing the software. Also, both versions are maintained by Evan You and the source code is available trough a git repository hosted by GitHub.
The most noticeable difference lies in their release dates and version numbers, with version 2.4.1 arriving shortly after 2.4.0. This suggests that version 2.4.1 likely contains bug fixes, minor improvements, or perhaps security patches implemented after the initial 2.4.0 release. For developers using vue-template-compiler, upgrading from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 would be a pragmatic choice. The updated version may have addressed issues encountered in 2.4.0 and, at a minimum, probably incorporates recent enhancements. Given the short time frame between releases, compatibility issues are highly unlikely, making the upgrade a low-risk approach to obtaining the most stable and reliable template compilation experience.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.4.1 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.
