diff --git a/js/src/dom/selector-engine.js b/js/src/dom/selector-engine.js
index a47f72001bd5..013971c255ed 100644
--- a/js/src/dom/selector-engine.js
+++ b/js/src/dom/selector-engine.js
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ const getSelector = element => {
       hrefAttribute = `#${hrefAttribute.split('#')[1]}`
     }
 
-    selector = hrefAttribute && hrefAttribute !== '#' ? parseSelector(hrefAttribute.trim()) : null
+    selector = hrefAttribute && hrefAttribute !== '#' ? hrefAttribute.trim() : null
   }
-
-  return selector
+  
+  return selector.split(',').map(sel=>parseSelector(sel)).join(',')
 }
 
 const SelectorEngine = {
diff --git a/js/tests/unit/modal.spec.js b/js/tests/unit/modal.spec.js
index 6434d8b3cca2..d3be6f776e16 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/modal.spec.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/modal.spec.js
@@ -989,6 +989,36 @@ describe('Modal', () => {
         trigger.click()
       })
     })
+
+    it('should open modal, having special characters in its id', () => {
+      return new Promise(resolve => {
+        fixtureEl.innerHTML = [
+        '<button class="btn btn-primary" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#j_id22:exampleModal">',
+        '   Launch demo modal',
+        '</button>',
+        '<div class="modal fade" id="j_id22:exampleModal" aria-labelledby="exampleModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">',
+        '  <div class="modal-dialog">',
+        '    <div class="modal-content">',
+        '      <div class="modal-body">',
+        '        <p>modal body</p>',
+        '      </div>',
+        '    </div>',
+        '  </div>',
+        '</div>',
+        ].join('')
+
+        const modalEl = fixtureEl.querySelector('.modal')
+        const trigger = fixtureEl.querySelector('[data-bs-toggle="modal"]')
+
+
+        modalEl.addEventListener('shown.bs.modal', () => {
+          resolve()
+        })
+
+        trigger.click()
+      })
+    })
+
     it('should not prevent default when a click occurred on data-bs-dismiss="modal" where tagName is DIFFERENT than <a> or <area>', () => {
       return new Promise(resolve => {
         fixtureEl.innerHTML = [