From 434e5af24106ac36aa312dde69aca3acaabebf57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Holden <paulh@moodle.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 13:37:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] MDL-78386 search: specify correct parameter type for search
 area.

---
 admin/searchreindex.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/admin/searchreindex.php b/admin/searchreindex.php
index b149e75f3a0..8525847e56e 100644
--- a/admin/searchreindex.php
+++ b/admin/searchreindex.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require_once($CFG->libdir . '/adminlib.php');
 admin_externalpage_setup('searchareas', '', null, (new moodle_url('/admin/searchreindex.php'))->out(false));
 
 // Get area parameter and check it exists.
-$areaid = required_param('areaid', PARAM_ALPHAEXT);
+$areaid = required_param('areaid', PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT);
 $area = \core_search\manager::get_search_area($areaid);
 if ($area === false) {
     throw new moodle_exception('invalidrequest');