From 371679b2e58d4ad1807ecfc9caed5dc22055202d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik-Jan Westendorp <erikjanwestendorp@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 12:40:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove special characters in avatar (#13766)

* Remove special characters

* Remove some chars not all
---
 .../src/common/directives/components/umbavatar.directive.js  | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umbavatar.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umbavatar.directive.js
index 5d90958dbd..2c561d3505 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umbavatar.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/umbavatar.directive.js
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ Use this directive to render an avatar.
             }
 
             function getNameInitials(name) {
-                if(name) {
-                    var names = name.split(' '),
+                if (name) {
+                    const notAllowed = /[\[\]\{\}\*\?\&\$\@\!\(\)\%\#]+/g;
+                    var names = name.replace(notAllowed,'').trim().split(' '),
                         initials = names[0].substring(0, 1);
 
                     if (names.length > 1) {