diff --git a/general_tests/api_escape_char_it_test.go b/general_tests/api_escape_char_it_test.go
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+//go:build integration
+// +build integration
+
+/*
+Real-time Online/Offline Charging System (OCS) for Telecom & ISP environments
+Copyright (C) ITsysCOM GmbH
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+package general_tests
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cgrates/birpc"
+	"github.com/cgrates/birpc/context"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/config"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/engine"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
+)
+
+func TestEscapeCharacters(t *testing.T) {
+
+	// Set up config.
+	content := `{
+"general": {
+	"log_level": 7,
+},
+
+"data_db": {
+	"db_type": "*internal"
+},
+
+"stor_db": {
+	"db_type": "*internal"
+},
+
+"attributes": {
+	"enabled": true,
+},
+
+"apiers": {
+	"enabled": true
+}
+
+}`
+	cfg, cfgPath, clean, err := initTestCfg(content)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer clean()
+
+	// Flush datadb and stordb.
+	err = engine.InitDataDb(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = engine.InitStorDb(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Start the engine.
+	_, err = engine.StopStartEngine(cfgPath, 1000)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer engine.KillEngine(1000)
+
+	// Initialize a jsonrpc client.
+	var client *birpc.Client
+	client, err = newRPCClient(cfg.ListenCfg())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Could not connect to rater: ", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	/*
+		When escape sequences are written manually, like \u0000 in the csv file, they are not interpreted as
+		escape sequences but as literal characters. So, when they are read, what will be returned is the literal
+		string \u0000 instead of the null character. The *req.Password field that would be set using the csv
+		below will not match "password\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000" but will match
+		"password\\u0000\\u0000\\u0000\\u0000\\u0000\\u0000\\u0000\\u0000" instead.
+
+				#Tenant,ID,Contexts,FilterIDs,ActivationInterval,AttributeFilterIDs,Path,Type,Value,Blocker,Weight
+				cgrates.org,ATTR_TP,*any,*string:~*req.Password:password\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000,,,,,,false,20
+				cgrates.org,ATTR_TP,,,,,*req.Password,*constant,processed,,
+	*/
+
+	// One of the workarounds for the issue described above is to set the profile using the Set API:
+
+	attrPrf := &engine.AttributeProfileWithAPIOpts{
+		AttributeProfile: &engine.AttributeProfile{
+			Tenant: "cgrates.org",
+			ID:     "ATTR_ESCAPE",
+			FilterIDs: []string{
+				"*string:~*req.Password:password\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000"},
+			Attributes: []*engine.Attribute{
+				{
+					Path:  utils.MetaReq + utils.NestingSep + "Password",
+					Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("processed", utils.InfieldSep),
+				},
+			},
+			Weight: 10,
+		},
+	}
+	var reply string
+	err = client.Call(context.Background(), utils.APIerSv1SetAttributeProfile, attrPrf, &reply)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Call AttributeSv1.ProcessEvent to check if filters match.
+	ev := &utils.CGREvent{
+		Tenant: "cgrates.org",
+		Event: map[string]any{
+			"Password": "password\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000",
+		},
+	}
+	var rplyEv engine.AttrSProcessEventReply
+	if err := client.Call(context.Background(), utils.AttributeSv1ProcessEvent,
+		ev, &rplyEv); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if rplyEv.MatchedProfiles[0] != "cgrates.org:ATTR_ESCAPE" ||
+		rplyEv.Event["Password"] != "processed" ||
+		rplyEv.AlteredFields[0] != "*req.Password" {
+		fmt.Println(rplyEv.MatchedProfiles[0] != "ATTR_ESCAPE")
+		fmt.Println(rplyEv.Event["Password"] != "processed")
+		fmt.Println(rplyEv.AlteredFields[0] != "*req.Password")
+		t.Error("unexpected reply:", utils.ToJSON(rplyEv))
+	}
+
+}
+
+func initTestCfg(cfgContent string) (*config.CGRConfig, string, func(), error) {
+	folderNameSuffix, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(10000))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate random number for folder name suffix, err: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	cfgPath := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/config%d", folderNameSuffix)
+	err = os.MkdirAll(cfgPath, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", nil, err
+	}
+	filePath := filepath.Join(cfgPath, "cgrates.json")
+	err = os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(cfgContent), 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		os.RemoveAll(cfgPath)
+		return nil, "", nil, err
+	}
+	var cfg *config.CGRConfig
+	cfg, err = config.NewCGRConfigFromPath(cfgPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		os.RemoveAll(cfgPath)
+		return nil, "", nil, err
+	}
+	removeFunc := func() {
+		os.RemoveAll(cfgPath)
+	}
+
+	return cfg, cfgPath, removeFunc, nil
+}