diff --git a/pkg/appsec/query_utils.go b/pkg/appsec/query_utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c886e0ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/appsec/query_utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package appsec
+
+// This file is mostly stolen from net/url package, but with some modifications to allow less strict parsing of query strings
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// parseQuery and parseQuery are copied net/url package, but allow semicolon in values
+func ParseQuery(query string) url.Values {
+	m := make(url.Values)
+	parseQuery(m, query)
+	return m
+}
+
+func parseQuery(m url.Values, query string) {
+	for query != "" {
+		var key string
+		key, query, _ = strings.Cut(query, "&")
+
+		if key == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		key, value, _ := strings.Cut(key, "=")
+		//for now we'll just ignore the errors, but ideally we want to fire some "internal" rules when we see invalid query strings
+		key = unescape(key)
+		value = unescape(value)
+		m[key] = append(m[key], value)
+	}
+}
+
+func hexDigitToByte(digit byte) (byte, bool) {
+	switch {
+	case digit >= '0' && digit <= '9':
+		return digit - '0', true
+	case digit >= 'a' && digit <= 'f':
+		return digit - 'a' + 10, true
+	case digit >= 'A' && digit <= 'F':
+		return digit - 'A' + 10, true
+	default:
+		return 0, false
+	}
+}
+
+func unescape(input string) string {
+	ilen := len(input)
+	res := strings.Builder{}
+	res.Grow(ilen)
+	for i := 0; i < ilen; i++ {
+		ci := input[i]
+		if ci == '+' {
+			res.WriteByte(' ')
+			continue
+		}
+		if ci == '%' {
+			if i+2 >= ilen {
+				res.WriteByte(ci)
+				continue
+			}
+			hi, ok := hexDigitToByte(input[i+1])
+			if !ok {
+				res.WriteByte(ci)
+				continue
+			}
+			lo, ok := hexDigitToByte(input[i+2])
+			if !ok {
+				res.WriteByte(ci)
+				continue
+			}
+			res.WriteByte(hi<<4 | lo)
+			i += 2
+			continue
+		}
+		res.WriteByte(ci)
+	}
+	return res.String()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/appsec/query_utils_test.go b/pkg/appsec/query_utils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ad792796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/appsec/query_utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+package appsec
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		query    string
+		expected url.Values
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "Simple query",
+			query: "foo=bar",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"bar"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple values",
+			query: "foo=bar&foo=baz",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"bar", "baz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Empty value",
+			query: "foo=",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{""},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Empty key",
+			query: "=bar",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"": []string{"bar"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Empty query",
+			query:    "",
+			expected: url.Values{},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple keys",
+			query: "foo=bar&baz=qux",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"bar"},
+				"baz": []string{"qux"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple keys with empty value",
+			query: "foo=bar&baz=qux&quux=",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo":  []string{"bar"},
+				"baz":  []string{"qux"},
+				"quux": []string{""},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple keys with empty value and empty key",
+			query: "foo=bar&baz=qux&quux=&=quuz",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo":  []string{"bar"},
+				"baz":  []string{"qux"},
+				"quux": []string{""},
+				"":     []string{"quuz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple keys with empty value and empty key and multiple values",
+			query: "foo=bar&baz=qux&quux=&=quuz&foo=baz",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo":  []string{"bar", "baz"},
+				"baz":  []string{"qux"},
+				"quux": []string{""},
+				"":     []string{"quuz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple keys with empty value and empty key and multiple values and escaped characters",
+			query: "foo=bar&baz=qux&quux=&=quuz&foo=baz&foo=bar%20baz",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo":  []string{"bar", "baz", "bar baz"},
+				"baz":  []string{"qux"},
+				"quux": []string{""},
+				"":     []string{"quuz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple keys with empty value and empty key and multiple values and escaped characters and semicolon",
+			query: "foo=bar&baz=qux&quux=&=quuz&foo=baz&foo=bar%20baz&foo=bar%3Bbaz",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo":  []string{"bar", "baz", "bar baz", "bar;baz"},
+				"baz":  []string{"qux"},
+				"quux": []string{""},
+				"":     []string{"quuz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple keys with empty value and empty key and multiple values and escaped characters and semicolon and ampersand",
+			query: "foo=bar&baz=qux&quux=&=quuz&foo=baz&foo=bar%20baz&foo=bar%3Bbaz&foo=bar%26baz",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo":  []string{"bar", "baz", "bar baz", "bar;baz", "bar&baz"},
+				"baz":  []string{"qux"},
+				"quux": []string{""},
+				"":     []string{"quuz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple keys with empty value and empty key and multiple values and escaped characters and semicolon and ampersand and equals",
+			query: "foo=bar&baz=qux&quux=&=quuz&foo=baz&foo=bar%20baz&foo=bar%3Bbaz&foo=bar%26baz&foo=bar%3Dbaz",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo":  []string{"bar", "baz", "bar baz", "bar;baz", "bar&baz", "bar=baz"},
+				"baz":  []string{"qux"},
+				"quux": []string{""},
+				"":     []string{"quuz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Multiple keys with empty value and empty key and multiple values and escaped characters and semicolon and ampersand and equals and question mark",
+			query: "foo=bar&baz=qux&quux=&=quuz&foo=baz&foo=bar%20baz&foo=bar%3Bbaz&foo=bar%26baz&foo=bar%3Dbaz&foo=bar%3Fbaz",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo":  []string{"bar", "baz", "bar baz", "bar;baz", "bar&baz", "bar=baz", "bar?baz"},
+				"baz":  []string{"qux"},
+				"quux": []string{""},
+				"":     []string{"quuz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "keys with escaped characters",
+			query: "foo=ba;r&baz=qu;;x&quux=x\\&ww&xx=qu?uz&",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo":  []string{"ba;r"},
+				"baz":  []string{"qu;;x"},
+				"quux": []string{"x\\"},
+				"ww":   []string{""},
+				"xx":   []string{"qu?uz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "hexadecimal characters",
+			query: "foo=bar%20baz",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"bar baz"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "hexadecimal characters upper and lower case",
+			query: "foo=Ba%42%42&bar=w%2f%2F",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"BaBB"},
+				"bar": []string{"w//"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "hexadecimal characters with invalid characters",
+			query: "foo=bar%20baz%2",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"bar baz%2"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "hexadecimal characters with invalid hex characters",
+			query: "foo=bar%xx",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"bar%xx"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "hexadecimal characters with invalid 2nd hex character",
+			query: "foo=bar%2x",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"bar%2x"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "url +",
+			query: "foo=bar+x",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"bar x"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "url &&",
+			query: "foo=bar&&lol=bur",
+			expected: url.Values{
+				"foo": []string{"bar"},
+				"lol": []string{"bur"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			res := ParseQuery(test.query)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(res, test.expected) {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected result: %v", res)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/appsec/request.go b/pkg/appsec/request.go
index 0479dea47..effb18283 100644
--- a/pkg/appsec/request.go
+++ b/pkg/appsec/request.go
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func NewParsedRequestFromRequest(r *http.Request, logger *logrus.Entry) (ParsedR
 		URL:                  r.URL,
 		Proto:                r.Proto,
 		Body:                 body,
-		Args:                 parsedURL.Query(), //TODO: Check if there's not potential bypass as it excludes malformed args
+		Args:                 ParseQuery(parsedURL.RawQuery),
 		TransferEncoding:     r.TransferEncoding,
 		ResponseChannel:      make(chan AppsecTempResponse),
 		RemoteAddrNormalized: remoteAddrNormalized,