diff --git a/core/src/main/cfml/context/admin/server.request.cfm b/core/src/main/cfml/context/admin/server.request.cfm
index 015b589386..deb4420410 100755
--- a/core/src/main/cfml/context/admin/server.request.cfm
+++ b/core/src/main/cfml/context/admin/server.request.cfm
@@ -270,6 +270,18 @@ Error Output --->
 							<!---<input type="hidden" name="scriptProtect" value="#appSettings.scriptProtect#">--->
 							<b>#appSettings.scriptProtect#</b>
 						</cfif>
+            <table class="maintbl">
+              <tbody>
+                <th scope="row">Regex-Filter</th>
+                <td>
+                  <cfloop array="#appSettings.scriptProtectRegexList#" index="tmpScriptProtectRegex">
+                    <div class="scriptprotect-regex-filter-wrapper">
+                      <input type="text" name="scriptProtectRegex" style="width: 100%;" value="#tmpScriptProtectRegex#" readonly disabled>
+                    </div>
+                  </cfloop>
+                </td>
+              </tbody>
+            </table>
 <cfsavecontent variable="codeSample">
 	this.scriptprotect="#appSettings.scriptProtect#";
 </cfsavecontent>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/ConfigImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/ConfigImpl.java
index 091b74d7cf..7aee4b93c8 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/ConfigImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/ConfigImpl.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleException;
 import org.osgi.framework.Version;
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ public abstract class ConfigImpl extends ConfigBase implements ConfigPro {
 	private ApplicationListener applicationListener;
 
 	private int scriptProtect = ApplicationContext.SCRIPT_PROTECT_ALL;
+    private ArrayList<Pattern> scriptProtectRegexList = new ArrayList<>();
 
 	private ProxyData proxy = null;
 
@@ -2322,6 +2324,18 @@ protected void setScriptProtect(int scriptProtect) {
 		this.scriptProtect = scriptProtect;
 	}
 
+    public ArrayList<Pattern> getScriptProtectRegexList() {
+        return scriptProtectRegexList;
+    }
+
+    public void setScriptProtectRegexList(ArrayList<Pattern> scriptProtectRegexList) {
+        this.scriptProtectRegexList = scriptProtectRegexList;
+    }
+
+    public void addScriptProtectRegex(Pattern scriptProtectRegex) {
+        this.scriptProtectRegexList.add(scriptProtectRegex);
+    }
+
 	/**
 	 * @return the proxyPassword
 	 */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/SingleContextConfigWeb.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/SingleContextConfigWeb.java
index d92740e0db..c0799e0aa5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/SingleContextConfigWeb.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/SingleContextConfigWeb.java
@@ -4,14 +4,9 @@
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -609,7 +604,12 @@ public int getScriptProtect() {
 		return cs.getScriptProtect();
 	}
 
-	@Override
+    @Override
+    public ArrayList<Pattern> getScriptProtectRegexList() {
+        return cs.getScriptProtectRegexList();
+    }
+
+    @Override
 	public ProxyData getProxyData() {
 		return cs.getProxyData();
 	}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/XMLConfigWebFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/XMLConfigWebFactory.java
index cba9dadffe..7ca8bb328a 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/XMLConfigWebFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/XMLConfigWebFactory.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
 
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@
 import lucee.runtime.regex.RegexFactory;
 import lucee.runtime.search.DummySearchEngine;
 import lucee.runtime.search.SearchEngine;
+import lucee.runtime.security.ScriptProtect;
 import lucee.runtime.security.SecurityManager;
 import lucee.runtime.security.SecurityManagerImpl;
 import lucee.runtime.spooler.SpoolerEngineImpl;
@@ -461,6 +463,8 @@ synchronized static void load(ConfigServerImpl cs, ConfigImpl config, Document d
 		if (LOG) LogUtil.logGlobal(ThreadLocalPageContext.getConfig(cs == null ? config : cs), Log.LEVEL_INFO, XMLConfigWebFactory.class.getName(), "loaded orm");
 		_loadCacheHandler(cs, config, doc, log);
 		if (LOG) LogUtil.logGlobal(ThreadLocalPageContext.getConfig(cs == null ? config : cs), Log.LEVEL_INFO, XMLConfigWebFactory.class.getName(), "loaded cache handlers");
+        _loadScriptProtect(cs, config, doc, log);
+        if (LOG) LogUtil.logGlobal(ThreadLocalPageContext.getConfig(cs == null ? config : cs), Log.LEVEL_INFO, XMLConfigWebFactory.class.getName(), "loaded scriptprotect regex");
 		_loadCharset(cs, config, doc, log);
 		if (LOG) LogUtil.logGlobal(ThreadLocalPageContext.getConfig(cs == null ? config : cs), Log.LEVEL_INFO, XMLConfigWebFactory.class.getName(), "loaded charset");
 		_loadApplication(cs, config, doc, mode, log);
@@ -720,6 +724,29 @@ private static void _loadCacheHandler(ConfigServerImpl configServer, ConfigImpl
 		}
 	}
 
+    private static void _loadScriptProtect(ConfigServerImpl configServer, ConfigImpl config, Document doc, Log log) {
+        try {
+            config.setScriptProtectRegexList(new ArrayList<>());
+            Element root = doc == null ? null : getChildByName(doc.getDocumentElement(), "scriptprotect");
+            Element[] regexFilters = root == null ? null : getChildren(root, "filter-regex");
+            if (!ArrayUtil.isEmpty(regexFilters)) {
+                for (Element regexFilter : regexFilters) {
+                    String regexValue = getAttr(regexFilter, "value");
+                    Pattern regexPattern = Pattern.compile(regexValue, Pattern.DOTALL | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+                    config.addScriptProtectRegex(regexPattern);
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                //Loading default scriptprotect settings
+                Pattern invalidTagRegex = Pattern.compile(ScriptProtect.INVALID_TAG_REGEX_DEFAULT, Pattern.DOTALL | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+                config.addScriptProtectRegex(invalidTagRegex);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            log(config, log, e);
+        }
+    }
+
 	private static void _loadDumpWriter(ConfigServerImpl configServer, ConfigImpl config, Document doc, Log log) {
 		try {
 			boolean hasCS = configServer != null;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/security/ScriptProtect.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/security/ScriptProtect.java
index 8946435fc2..31210051c4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/security/ScriptProtect.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/security/ScriptProtect.java
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import lucee.runtime.config.ConfigWebPro;
+import lucee.runtime.engine.ThreadLocalPageContext;
 import lucee.runtime.type.Collection.Key;
 import lucee.runtime.type.Struct;
 
@@ -29,10 +32,10 @@
  */
 public final class ScriptProtect {
 
-	public static final String[] invalids = new String[] { "object", "embed", "script", "applet", "meta", "iframe" };
+    public static final String INVALID_TAG_REGEX_DEFAULT = "<s*(object|embed|script|applet|meta|iframe)";
 
 	/**
-	 * translate all strig values of the struct i script-protected form
+	 * translate all string values of the struct in a script-protected form
 	 * 
 	 * @param sct Struct to translate its values
 	 */
@@ -57,47 +60,14 @@ public static void translate(Struct sct) {
 	 */
 	public static String translate(String str) {
 		if (str == null) return "";
-		// TODO do-while machen
-		int index, last = 0, endIndex;
-		StringBuilder sb = null;
-		String tagName;
-		while ((index = str.indexOf('<', last)) != -1) {
-			// read tagname
-			int len = str.length();
-			char c;
-			for (endIndex = index + 1; endIndex < len; endIndex++) {
-				c = str.charAt(endIndex);
-				if ((c < 'a' || c > 'z') && (c < 'A' || c > 'Z')) break;
-			}
-			tagName = str.substring(index + 1, endIndex);
-
-			if (compareTagName(tagName)) {
-				if (sb == null) {
-					sb = new StringBuilder();
-					last = 0;
-				}
-				sb.append(str.substring(last, index + 1));
-				sb.append("invalidTag");
-				last = endIndex;
-			}
-			else if (sb != null) {
-				sb.append(str.substring(last, index + 1));
-				last = index + 1;
-			}
-			else last = index + 1;
-
-		}
-		if (sb != null) {
-			if (last != str.length()) sb.append(str.substring(last));
-			return sb.toString();
-		}
-		return str;
+        ConfigWebPro config = (ConfigWebPro) ThreadLocalPageContext.get().getConfig();
+        for(Pattern regexFilterPattern : config.getScriptProtectRegexList()){
+            str = invalidateMaliciousInput(str, regexFilterPattern);
+        }
+        return str;
 	}
 
-	private static boolean compareTagName(String tagName) {
-		for (int i = 0; i < invalids.length; i++) {
-			if (invalids[i].equalsIgnoreCase(tagName)) return true;
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
+    private static String invalidateMaliciousInput(String str, Pattern regexPattern) {
+        return regexPattern.matcher(str).replaceAll("invalid");
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/Admin.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/Admin.java
index 66cb7a8c0d..9fda0bd6b7 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/Admin.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/Admin.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
 import java.util.jar.Manifest;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
 import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag;
@@ -4411,6 +4412,11 @@ private void doGetApplicationSetting() throws PageException {
 		Struct sct = new StructImpl();
 		pageContext.setVariable(getString("admin", action, "returnVariable"), sct);
 		sct.set("scriptProtect", AppListenerUtil.translateScriptProtect(config.getScriptProtect()));
+        ArrayList<String> scriptProtectRegexList = new ArrayList<>();
+        for(Pattern pattern : config.getScriptProtectRegexList()) {
+            scriptProtectRegexList.add(pattern.pattern());
+        }
+        sct.set("scriptProtectRegexList", scriptProtectRegexList);
 
 		// request timeout
 		TimeSpan ts = config.getRequestTimeout();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/resource/config/server.xml b/core/src/main/java/resource/config/server.xml
index 3c3297eb4d..55fb3dc6a9 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/resource/config/server.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/java/resource/config/server.xml
@@ -320,7 +320,14 @@ Path placeholders:
 	-->
 	<regional
 		timeserver="pool.ntp.org"/>
-	
+
+  <!--
+  Filters variables via regex due of scriptprotect setting
+  -->
+  <scriptprotect>
+    <filter-regex value="&lt;s*(object|embed|script|applet|meta|iframe)" />
+  </scriptprotect>
+
 	<!--
 	orm configuration:
 		
diff --git a/loader/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/Config.java b/loader/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/Config.java
index 4d89756a26..30161fd3d5 100755
--- a/loader/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/Config.java
+++ b/loader/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/config/Config.java
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import lucee.commons.io.log.Log;
 import lucee.commons.io.res.Resource;
@@ -475,7 +477,12 @@ public interface Config {
 	 */
 	public int getScriptProtect();
 
-	/**
+    /**
+     * @return scriptProtect Regex-Filter-Pattern-List
+     */
+    public ArrayList<Pattern> getScriptProtectRegexList();
+
+    /**
 	 * return default proxy setting password
 	 * 
 	 * @return the password for proxy