diff --git a/app/app/utils.py b/app/app/utils.py
index 4e0016bf99d..0964a5ceaaa 100644
--- a/app/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/app/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import email
 import imaplib
 import logging
+import re
 import time
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -278,3 +279,8 @@ def get_country_from_ip(ip_address, db=None):
         logger.warning(f'Encountered ({e}) while attempting to retrieve a user\'s geolocation')
 
     return country
+
+
+def clean_str(string):
+    """Clean the provided string of all non-alpha numeric characters."""
+    return re.sub(r'\W+', '', string)
diff --git a/app/dashboard/views.py b/app/dashboard/views.py
index 915f43f29a3..32d784d7c47 100644
--- a/app/dashboard/views.py
+++ b/app/dashboard/views.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_GET, require_POST
 
-from app.utils import ellipses, sync_profile
+from app.utils import clean_str, ellipses, sync_profile
 from avatar.utils import get_avatar_context
 from economy.utils import convert_amount
 from gas.utils import conf_time_spread, gas_advisories, gas_history, recommend_min_gas_price_to_confirm_in_time
@@ -928,7 +928,8 @@ def bounty_details(request, ghuser='', ghrepo='', ghissue=0, stdbounties_id=None
     if issue_url:
         try:
             bounties = Bounty.objects.current().filter(github_url=issue_url)
-            if stdbounties_id:
+            stdbounties_id = clean_str(stdbounties_id)
+            if stdbounties_id and stdbounties_id.isdigit():
                 bounties = bounties.filter(standard_bounties_id=stdbounties_id)
             if bounties:
                 bounty = bounties.order_by('-pk').first()