diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 409e5d8ff..4d6108788 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -2510,21 +2510,3 @@ def isBinaryData(value):
     if isinstance(value, basestring):
        retVal = reduce(lambda x, y: x or not (y in string.printable or ord(y) > 255), value, False)
     return retVal
-
-def getSafeHexEncodedBinaryData(value):
-    """
-    Returns safe representation of given basestring value
-
-    >>> getSafeEncodedBinaryData(u'test123')
-    u'test123'
-    >>> getSafeEncodedBinaryData(u'test\01\02\03')
-    u'test\\1\\2\\3'
-    """
-
-    retVal = value
-    if isinstance(value, basestring):
-        retVal = reduce(lambda x, y: x + (y if (y in string.printable or ord(y) > 255) else '\%x' % ord(y)), value, unicode())
-    elif isinstance(value, list):
-        for i in xrange(len(value)):
-            retVal[i] = getSafeHexEncodedBinaryData(value[i])
-    return retVal
diff --git a/lib/core/convert.py b/lib/core/convert.py
index fccff8186..a76041935 100644
--- a/lib/core/convert.py
+++ b/lib/core/convert.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ except:
 
 import pickle
 import sys
+import string
 import struct
 import urllib
 
@@ -126,3 +127,21 @@ def htmlescape(value):
 
 def htmlunescape(value):
     return value.replace('&amp;', '&').replace('&lt;', '<').replace('&gt;', '>').replace('&quot;', '"').replace('&#39;', "'").replace('&nbsp;', ' ')
+
+def safehexencode(value):
+    """
+    Returns safe hex representation of a given basestring value
+
+    >>> safehexencode(u'test123')
+    u'test123'
+    >>> safehexencode(u'test\x01\x02\xff')
+    u'test\\01\\02\\03\\ff'
+    """
+
+    retVal = value
+    if isinstance(value, basestring):
+        retVal = reduce(lambda x, y: x + (y if (y in string.printable or ord(y) > 255) else '\%02x' % ord(y)), value, unicode())
+    elif isinstance(value, list):
+        for i in xrange(len(value)):
+            retVal[i] = safehexencode(value[i])
+    return retVal
diff --git a/lib/request/inject.py b/lib/request/inject.py
index f4c6f9297..de7cb1321 100644
--- a/lib/request/inject.py
+++ b/lib/request/inject.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from lib.core.common import cleanQuery
 from lib.core.common import dataToSessionFile
 from lib.core.common import expandAsteriskForColumns
 from lib.core.common import getPublicTypeMembers
-from lib.core.common import getSafeHexEncodedBinaryData
 from lib.core.common import initTechnique
 from lib.core.common import isNumPosStrValue
 from lib.core.common import isTechniqueAvailable
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ from lib.core.common import randomInt
 from lib.core.common import readInput
 from lib.core.common import replaceNewlineTabs
 from lib.core.common import safeStringFormat
+from lib.core.convert import safehexencode
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
 from lib.core.data import logger
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ def getValue(expression, blind=True, inband=True, error=True, time=True, fromUse
             value = None
 
     if safeHexEncode:
-        value = getSafeHexEncodedBinaryData(value)
+        value = safehexencode(value)
 
     return value