--- cgiutils.c.orig     2014-09-17 11:31:28.663823262 +0200
+++ cgiutils.c.orig.patched     2014-10-20 15:33:56.447652550 +0200
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@

                /* Most ASCII characters don't get encoded */
                if(( *inwcp  >= 0x20 && *inwcp <= 0x7e) &&
-                               ( !( '"' == *inwcp || '&' == *inwcp || '\'' == *inwcp ||
+                               ( !( '"' == *inwcp || '&' == *inwcp || '\'' == *inwcp || ('\\' == *inwcp && 'n' == *( inwcp + 1)) ||
                                '<' == *inwcp || '>' == *inwcp))) {
                        wctomb_result = wctomb( mbtemp, *inwcp);
                        if(( wctomb_result > 0) &&
@@ -1034,10 +1034,11 @@
                        outstp += 4;
                        }

-               else if(escape_newlines == TRUE && '\\' == *inwcp && '\n' == *( inwcp + 1)) {
+               else if(escape_newlines == TRUE && '\\' == *inwcp && 'n' == *( inwcp + 1)) {
                        strncpy( outstp, "<BR>", 4);
                        outstp += 4;
                        inwcp++; /* needed so loop skips two wide characters */
+                       x++;     /* needed also so loop skips two wide characters */
                        }

                /* TODO - strip all but allowed HTML tags out... */