From c0d7171dbf637f70694586bcb405841378392956 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ionys <9364594+Ionys320@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:08:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(monitors search): Make sure regex expressions are
 escaped.

This can be reverted if the search should be regex friendly, but for the moment, it's not the case.
Thanks @homelab-alpha!
---
 src/components/MonitorList.vue | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/MonitorList.vue b/src/components/MonitorList.vue
index 34074afab..80a47ae6e 100644
--- a/src/components/MonitorList.vue
+++ b/src/components/MonitorList.vue
@@ -325,7 +325,11 @@ export default {
             let searchTextMatch = true;
             if (this.searchText !== "") {
                 try {
-                    const regex = new RegExp(this.searchText, "i"); // "i" for case-insensitive matching
+                    // Escape special characters for use in the regular expression
+                    const escapeRegExp = (string) => string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+
+                    const escapedSearchText = escapeRegExp(this.searchText);
+                    const regex = new RegExp(escapedSearchText, "i");
 
                     const safeRegexTest = (str) => str && regex.test(str);