Issue with installing cordova plugins using ionic cordova add plugin

**Description:**
Unable to install cordova plugins using `ionic cordova add plugin`. I get the errors for every plugin I try to install this way.

**Steps to Reproduce:**
Install a plugin using `ionic cordova add plugin`. I have tried this thousands of times, tried upgrading to the latest cordova, but nothing help, unless I install the plugins using `cordova add plugin`

**Output:**
```
Error: Text data outside of root node.
Line: 178
Column: 1
Char: n
at error (/Users/jacques/dev/mobile/node_modules/elementtree/node_modules/sax/lib/sax.js:666:10)
at strictFail (/Users/jacques/dev/mobile/node_modules/elementtree/node_modules/sax/lib/sax.js:692:7)
at Object.write (/Users/jacques/dev/mobile/node_modules/elementtree/node_modules/sax/lib/sax.js:1035:15)
at XMLParser.feed (/Users/jacques/dev/mobile/node_modules/elementtree/lib/parsers/sax.js:48:15)
at ElementTree.parse (/Users/jacques/dev/mobile/node_modules/elementtree/lib/elementtree.js:271:10)
at Object.parse (/Users/jacques/dev/mobile/node_modules/elementtree/lib/elementtree.js:584:8)
at Function. (/Users/jacques/dev/mobile/node_modules/@ionic/cli-utils/lib/cordova/config.js:35:28)
at next (native)
at fulfilled (/Users/jacques/dev/mobile/node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:100:62)
```

**My `ionic info`:**
```
cli packages: (/Users/jacques/dev/mobile/node_modules)

@ionic/cli-utils : 1.19.0
ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.19.0

global packages:

cordova (Cordova CLI) : 6.5.0
Gulp CLI : CLI version 3.9.1 Local version 3.9.1

local packages:

Cordova Platforms : none
Ionic Framework : ionic1 1.3.5

System:

ios-deploy : 1.9.2
Node : v6.11.0
npm : 2.15.12
OS : macOS High Sierra
Xcode : Xcode 9.1 Build version 9B55
```