diff --git a/system/core/Security.php b/system/core/Security.php
index 93e6a3b..062c828 100644
--- a/system/core/Security.php
+++ b/system/core/Security.php
@@ -450,12 +450,12 @@
 
 			if (preg_match('/<a/i', $str))
 			{
-				$str = preg_replace_callback('#<a[\s\d"\'`;/=,\(]+([^>]*?)(?:>|$)#si', array($this, '_js_link_removal'), $str);
+				$str = preg_replace_callback('#<a[\s\d"\'`;/=,\(\\\\]+([^>]*?)(?:>|$)#si', array($this, '_js_link_removal'), $str);
 			}
 
 			if (preg_match('/<img/i', $str))
 			{
-				$str = preg_replace_callback('#<img[\s\d"\'`;/=,\(]+([^>]*?)(?:\s?/?>|$)#si', array($this, '_js_img_removal'), $str);
+				$str = preg_replace_callback('#<img[\s\d"\'`;/=,\(\\\\]+([^>]*?)(?:\s?/?>|$)#si', array($this, '_js_img_removal'), $str);
 			}
 
 			if (preg_match('/script|xss/i', $str))