From e3bf21a3a052f67af30c06c2658abafdf62c98e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Baris Usakli <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:02:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] closes #6993

---
 public/src/client/search.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/public/src/client/search.js b/public/src/client/search.js
index 86f0a26138..efcd6c347f 100644
--- a/public/src/client/search.js
+++ b/public/src/client/search.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ define('forum/search', ['search', 'autocomplete', 'storage'], function (searchMo
 		}
 		searchQuery = utils.escapeHTML(searchQuery.replace(/^"/, '').replace(/"$/, '').trim());
 		var regexStr = searchQuery.split(' ').join('|');
-		var regex = new RegExp('(' + regexStr + ')', 'gi');
+		var regex = new RegExp('(' + utils.escapeRegexChars(regexStr) + ')', 'gi');
 
 		$('.search-result-text p, .search-result-text h4').each(function () {
 			var result = $(this);