Vue Template Compiler, a vital tool for Vue.js 2.0 developers, saw a minor version update from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3. Both versions serve the core purpose of compiling Vue templates into render functions, enabling efficient and dynamic UI rendering. Crucially, both versions maintain the same core dependencies: "he" for HTML entity encoding/decoding and "de-indent" for removing unnecessary indentation from strings. This indicates that the foundational functionalities and core architecture remained consistent between the releases, so no large changes were introduced.
The update from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3, released on September 13, 2017 (compared to July 21, 2017, for 2.4.2), likely includes bug fixes and minor performance improvements rather than significant feature additions. Developers currently using 2.4.2 likely experienced improvements in stability or subtle enhancements in compilation speed by updating. However, due to the lack of substantial changes, there'll not be a need to immediately upgrade unless they are encountering specific issues addressed in the newer version. The choice to upgrade often hinges on assessing the risk of introducing new issues versus the benefits of potentially resolving existing ones, a common consideration in software development workflows.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.4.3 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.
