diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index e4e915c83..c7165b0d3 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.7.37"
+VERSION = "1.10.7.38"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/plugins/dbms/oracle/syntax.py b/plugins/dbms/oracle/syntax.py
index 91e255219..ef06da6c8 100644
--- a/plugins/dbms/oracle/syntax.py
+++ b/plugins/dbms/oracle/syntax.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class Syntax(GenericSyntax):
         True
         >>> Syntax.escape(u"SELECT 'abcd\xebfgh' FROM foobar") == "SELECT CHR(97)||CHR(98)||CHR(99)||CHR(100)||NCHR(235)||CHR(102)||CHR(103)||CHR(104) FROM foobar"
         True
+        >>> Syntax.escape("SELECT 'a''b' FROM DUAL") == "SELECT CHR(97)||CHR(39)||CHR(98) FROM DUAL"
+        True
         """
 
         def escaper(value):
diff --git a/plugins/generic/syntax.py b/plugins/generic/syntax.py
index 5da7b9852..1202771fd 100644
--- a/plugins/generic/syntax.py
+++ b/plugins/generic/syntax.py
@@ -26,18 +26,21 @@ class Syntax(object):
         retVal = expression
 
         if quote:
-            for item in re.findall(r"'[^']*'+", expression):
-                original = item[1:-1]
-                if original:
+            # Match a full SQL string literal, honouring the '' (doubled single quote) escape - e.g.
+            # 'a''b' is ONE literal whose value is a'b, not 'a'' followed by a dangling b'. The old
+            # r"'[^']*'+" split on the inner '' and left the tail bare, corrupting the encoded payload.
+            for item in re.findall(r"'(?:[^']|'')*'", expression):
+                value = item[1:-1].replace("''", "'")   # inner content with '' collapsed to the real quote
+                if value:
                     if Backend.isDbms(DBMS.SQLITE) and "X%s" % item in expression:
                         continue
-                    if re.search(r"\[(SLEEPTIME|RAND)", original) is None:  # e.g. '[SLEEPTIME]' marker
-                        replacement = escaper(original) if not conf.noEscape else original
+                    if re.search(r"\[(SLEEPTIME|RAND)", value) is None:  # e.g. '[SLEEPTIME]' marker
+                        replacement = escaper(value) if not conf.noEscape else value
 
-                        if replacement != original:
+                        if replacement != value:
                             retVal = retVal.replace(item, replacement)
-                        elif len(original) != len(getBytes(original)) and "n'%s'" % original not in retVal and Backend.getDbms() in (DBMS.MYSQL, DBMS.PGSQL, DBMS.ORACLE, DBMS.MSSQL):
-                            retVal = retVal.replace("'%s'" % original, "n'%s'" % original)
+                        elif len(value) != len(getBytes(value)) and "n%s" % item not in retVal and Backend.getDbms() in (DBMS.MYSQL, DBMS.PGSQL, DBMS.ORACLE, DBMS.MSSQL):
+                            retVal = retVal.replace(item, "n%s" % item)
         else:
             retVal = escaper(expression)