chore: refactor to make CVE date range user editable

src/internal/toDate.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Converts date passed as a string, number or Date to a Date object.
+ * If nothing or a non parseable value is passed, takes current date.
+ *
+ * @param date Date
+ */
+export function toDate(date?: string | Date | number): Date {
+  date = new Date(date);
+  if (isNaN(date.valueOf())) {
+    date = new Date();
+  }
+
+  return date;
+}

src/modules/date/index.ts

@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
 import type { Faker } from '../..';
 import type { DateEntryDefinition } from '../../definitions';
 import { FakerError } from '../../errors/faker-error';
-
-/**
- * Converts date passed as a string, number or Date to a Date object.
- * If nothing or a non parseable value is passed, takes current date.
- *
- * @param date Date
- */
-function toDate(date?: string | Date | number): Date {
-  date = new Date(date);
-  if (isNaN(date.valueOf())) {
-    date = new Date();
-  }
-
-  return date;
-}
+import { toDate } from '../../internal/toDate';
 
 /**
  * Module to generate dates.

src/modules/security/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Faker } from '../..';
+import { toDate } from '../../internal/toDate';
 
 export interface Cvss {
   score: number;
@@ -18,18 +19,27 @@ export class Security {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Generates a random CVE
+   * Generates a random CVE between the given boundaries
+   *
+   * @param options
+   * @param options.from The early date boundary
+   * @param options.to The late date boundary
    *
    * @example
    * faker.security.cve() // 'CVE-2011-0762'
+   * faker.security.cve({from:'2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z', to: '2030-01-01T00:00:00.000Z') // 'CVE-2028-0762'
    */
-  cve(): string {
+  cve(options?: {
+    from: string | Date | number;
+    to: string | Date | number;
+  }): string {
+    const fromMs = toDate(options?.from || '1999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z');
+    const toMs = toDate(options?.to);
+
     return [
       'CVE',
       // Year
-      this.faker.date
-        .between('1999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z', '2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z')
-        .getFullYear(),
+      this.faker.date.between(fromMs, toMs).getFullYear(),
       // Sequence in the year
       this.faker.random.numeric(5, { allowLeadingZeros: true }),
     ].join('-');