diff --git a/wp-includes/js/prototype.js b/wp-includes/js/prototype.js
index 5d2100fac2..ba526b6ec0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/prototype.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/prototype.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var Prototype = {
        document.createElement('form').__proto__)
   },
 
-  ScriptFragment: '<script[^>]*>([\u0001-\uFFFF]*?)</script>',
+  ScriptFragment: '<script[^>]*>([\\s\\S]*?)<\/script>', 
   JSONFilter: /^\/\*-secure-\s*(.*)\s*\*\/\s*$/,
 
   emptyFunction: function() { },