Web Logic 10.3 upgrade causes issues with escaped characters in JSP.

Question

We recently upgraded our application servers from Weblogic 9.2 to Weblogic 10.3 and we are having an issue with escaped characters in a JSP code. Here is an example of what we are seeing:

var convertedBody1 = document.getElementById('body').value.replace(/\$FIRST_NAME\$/g, firstName);

This code works in Weblogic 9.2. In Weblogic 10.3 we have to make the following changes:

var convertedBody1 = document.getElementById('body').value.replace(/\$FIRST_NAME\$/g, firstName);

Thanks, Tom