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--- administrator/components/com_comprofiler/plugin.class.php
+++ administrator/components/com_comprofiler/plugin.class.php
@@ -1087,7 +1087,10 @@
 					// treats case of ',,' or ',,,' to also forbid ',' if in string.
 					$forbiddenContent[] =	',';
 				}
-				$replaced				=	str_replace( $forbiddenContent, '', $value );
+				for ( $i = 0, $n = count( $forbiddenContent ); $i < $n; $i++ ) {
+					$forbiddenContent[$i]	=	preg_quote( $forbiddenContent[$i], '/' );
+				}
+				$replaced				=	preg_replace( '/' . implode( '|', $forbiddenContent ) . '/i', '', $value );
 				if ( $replaced != $value ) {
 					$this->_setValidationError( $field, $user, $reason, _UE_INPUT_VALUE_NOT_ALLOWED );
 					return false;