diff --git a/lib/wpscan/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories.rb b/lib/wpscan/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories.rb
index 68da6f14..2ff7942c 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module WPScan
         def content_dir(detection_mode = :mixed)
           unless @content_dir
             # scope_url_pattern is from CMSScanner::Target
-            pattern = %r{#{scope_url_pattern}([\w\s\-\/]+)\/(?:themes|plugins|uploads|cache)\/}i
+            pattern = %r{#{scope_url_pattern}([\w\s\-/]+)\\?/(?:themes|plugins|uploads|cache)\\?/}i
 
             in_scope_urls(homepage_res) do |url|
               return @content_dir = Regexp.last_match[1] if url.match(pattern)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ module WPScan
         def sub_dir
           unless @sub_dir
             # url_pattern is from CMSScanner::Target
-            pattern = %r{#{url_pattern}(.+?)\/(?:xmlrpc\.php|wp\-includes\/)}i
+            pattern = %r{#{url_pattern}(.+?)/(?:xmlrpc\.php|wp\-includes/)}i
 
             in_scope_urls(homepage_res) do |url|
               return @sub_dir = Regexp.last_match[1] if url.match(pattern)
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories/in_raw_js_escaped.html b/spec/fixtures/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories/in_raw_js_escaped.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..861725b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories/in_raw_js_escaped.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<script type='text/javascript'>
+/* <![CDATA[ */
+var et_pb_custom = {"ajaxurl":"https:\/\/ex.lo\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","images_uri":"https:\/\/ex.lo\/wp-content\/themes\/Divi\/images","builder_images_uri":"https:\/\/ex.lo\/wp-content\/themes\/Divi\/includes\/builder\/images","unique_test_id":"","ab_bounce_rate":"5","is_cache_plugin_active":"no","is_shortcode_tracking":"","tinymce_uri":""};
+var et_pb_box_shadow_elements = [];
+/* ]]> */
+</script>
diff --git a/spec/shared_examples/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories.rb b/spec/shared_examples/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories.rb
index 7516a8b4..1f0a8174 100644
--- a/spec/shared_examples/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories.rb
+++ b/spec/shared_examples/target/platform/wordpress/custom_directories.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ shared_examples 'WordPress::CustomDirectories' do
     {
       default: 'wp-content', https: 'wp-content', custom_w_spaces: 'custom content spaces',
       relative_one: 'wp-content', relative_two: 'wp-content', cache: 'wp-content',
-      in_raw_js: 'wp-content', with_sub_dir: 'app', relative_two_sub_dir: 'cms/wp-content',
-      in_meta_content: 'wp-content'
+      in_raw_js: 'wp-content', in_raw_js_escaped: 'wp-content', with_sub_dir: 'app',
+      relative_two_sub_dir: 'cms/wp-content', in_meta_content: 'wp-content'
     }.each do |file, expected|
       it "returns #{expected} for #{file}.html" do
         stub_request(:get, target.url).to_return(body: File.read(fixtures.join("#{file}.html")))
diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index 6723f67d..04f6cd85 100644
--- a/wpscan.gemspec
+++ b/wpscan.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.executables           = ['wpscan']
   s.require_paths         = ['lib']
 
-  s.add_dependency 'cms_scanner', '~> 0.0.44.2'
+  s.add_dependency 'cms_scanner', '~> 0.0.44.3'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler',   '>= 1.6'
   s.add_development_dependency 'coveralls', '~> 0.8.0'