Vue Template Compiler version 2.5.10 is a minor patch release building upon the 2.5.9 version, both meticulously designed as template compilers for Vue 2.0. Examining the package metadata, both versions share identical dependencies: he for HTML entity encoding/decoding and de-indent for removing unnecessary indentations from strings. This suggests that the core compilation process and the handling of HTML entities and code formatting remained consistent between the two releases. Both are licensed under the permissive MIT license and proudly maintained by Evan You and the Vue.js team. The codebase resides within the main Vue.js repository on GitHub.
The critical distinction lies in their release dates. Version 2.5.10 was published on December 12, 2017, while 2.5.9 became available on November 27, 2017. The near two-week gap hints at bug fixes, performance tweaks, or very minor feature enhancements incorporated in the later version. For developers using vue-template-compiler, upgrading to 2.5.10 from 2.5.9 is generally recommended. While the change log isn't provided, it is likely to have improvements and minor issue resolutions that make the codebase more stable and more efficient. Since dependencies are the same, upgrading should be simple without major code changes. Consider looking at the changes between the two versions in the official vue repository.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.5.10 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.
