From 8e0e131824fe2cf6a563613007072a614fbb65a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bradley Schofield <ionicisere@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 09:54:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove Special Chars from Initials

---
 app/controllers/api/avatars.php | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/controllers/api/avatars.php b/app/controllers/api/avatars.php
index 3b93348643..a4df9431eb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/avatars.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/avatars.php
@@ -526,8 +526,10 @@ App::get('/v1/avatars/initials')
         $code = 0;
 
         foreach ($words as $key => $w) {
-            $initials .= $w[0] ?? '';
-            $code += (isset($w[0])) ? \ord($w[0]) : 0;
+            if (ctype_alnum($w[0] ?? '')) {
+                $initials .= $w[0];
+                $code += ord($w[0]);
+            }
 
             if ($key == 1) {
                 break;