2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/Models/BooleanSearch.php b/app/Models/BooleanSearch.php
index 10c2321fb..749dbdfa5 100644
--- a/app/Models/BooleanSearch.php
+++ b/app/Models/BooleanSearch.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class FreshRSS_BooleanSearch {
 		if ($level === 0) {
 			$input = $this->parseUserQueryNames($input, $allowUserQueries);
 			$input = $this->parseUserQueryIds($input, $allowUserQueries);
+			$input = self::escapeRegexParentheses($input);
 			$input = trim($input);
 		}
 
@@ -133,6 +134,20 @@ class FreshRSS_BooleanSearch {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Temporarily escape parentheses used in regex expressions.
+	 */
+	public static function escapeRegexParentheses(string $input): string {
+		return preg_replace_callback('#(?<=[\\s(:!-]|^)(?<![\\\\])/.*?(?<!\\\\)/[im]*#',
+			fn(array $matches): string => str_replace(['(', ')'], ['\\u0028', '\\u0029'], $matches[0]),
+			$input
+		) ?? '';
+	}
+
+	public static function unescapeRegexParentheses(string $input): string {
+		return str_replace(['\\u0028', '\\u0029'], ['(', ')'], $input);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Example: 'ab cd OR ef OR "gh ij"' becomes '(ab cd) OR (ef) OR ("gh ij")'
 	 */
 	public static function addOrParentheses(string $input): string {
diff --git a/app/Models/Search.php b/app/Models/Search.php
index 0e2f5da6f..45fa742be 100644
--- a/app/Models/Search.php
+++ b/app/Models/Search.php
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class FreshRSS_Search {
 	public function __construct(string $input) {
 		$input = self::cleanSearch($input);
 		$input = self::unescape($input);
+		$input = FreshRSS_BooleanSearch::unescapeRegexParentheses($input);
 		$this->raw_input = $input;
 
 		$input = $this->parseNotEntryIds($input);