diff --git a/js/src/dom/selector-engine.js b/js/src/dom/selector-engine.js
index a47f72001bd5..a4d81f3b9127 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 ? selector.split(',').map(sel => parseSelector(sel)).join(',') : null
 }
 
 const SelectorEngine = {
diff --git a/js/tests/unit/dom/selector-engine.spec.js b/js/tests/unit/dom/selector-engine.spec.js
index 72c0bf6db86f..95d9bf8ec9d8 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/dom/selector-engine.spec.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/dom/selector-engine.spec.js
@@ -371,6 +371,18 @@ describe('SelectorEngine', () => {
       expect(SelectorEngine.getMultipleElementsFromSelector(testEl)).toEqual(Array.from(fixtureEl.querySelectorAll('.target')))
     })
 
+    it('should get elements if several ids with special chars are given', () => {
+      fixtureEl.innerHTML = [
+        '<div id="test" data-bs-target="#j_id11:exampleModal,#j_id22:exampleModal"></div>',
+        '<div class="target" id="j_id11:exampleModal"></div>',
+        '<div class="target" id="j_id22:exampleModal"></div>'
+      ].join('')
+
+      const testEl = fixtureEl.querySelector('#test')
+
+      expect(SelectorEngine.getMultipleElementsFromSelector(testEl)).toEqual(Array.from(fixtureEl.querySelectorAll('.target')))
+    })
+
     it('should get elements in array, from href if no data-bs-target set', () => {
       fixtureEl.innerHTML = [
         '<a id="test" href=".target"></a>',
diff --git a/js/tests/unit/modal.spec.js b/js/tests/unit/modal.spec.js
index b5c03131287e..2aa0b7655c14 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/modal.spec.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/modal.spec.js
@@ -991,6 +991,35 @@ 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 = [