diff --git a/lib/core/convert.py b/lib/core/convert.py
index 9e88d3e73..68da664db 100644
--- a/lib/core/convert.py
+++ b/lib/core/convert.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def htmlunescape(value):
         codes = (('&lt;', '<'), ('&gt;', '>'), ('&quot;', '"'), ('&nbsp;', ' '), ('&amp;', '&'))
         retVal = reduce(lambda x, y: x.replace(y[0], y[1]), codes, retVal)
         try:
-            retVal = re.sub(r"&#x([^;]+);", lambda match: unichr(int(match.group(1), 16)), retVal)
+            retVal = re.sub(r"&#x([^ ;]+);", lambda match: unichr(int(match.group(1), 16)), retVal)
         except ValueError:
             pass
     return retVal
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 328e62e0b..2691f78ee 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.5.26"
+VERSION = "1.0.5.27"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 STABLE = VERSION.count('.') <= 2
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % (VERSION, "stable" if STABLE else "dev")