Special characters are not working in Epic name of Jira issue Macro

Issue Summary

Some special characters are not working in the Epic name of Jira issue macro.

The list of the unaffected characters:

• [ ]
• { }
• !
• %
• $
• _
• @

The list of the affected special characters is as follows:

• < >
• &
• " "
• ' '

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a Jira issue macro with Epic name has the special characters, <> or &.
2. include the above Jira issue to a Confluence page
3. See the <> is changed to &lt &gt:
   

Expected Results

Special characters should be displayed correctly.

Actual Results

• < > are changed to &lt &gt
• & is changed to &amp
• " " are changed to & quot;
• ' ' are changed to & #39;

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available.