fix(parse): don't bail out on encountering weird characters

replace all \x3C(<) with its valid unique escape sequence

utils/parse.js

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+const invalidLessThan = /\\x3C/g;
+const validLessThan = '\\u003C';
+
+/**
+ * parses and corrects invalid escape sequences
+ *  @param {string} data
+ * @returns {Record<PropertyKey, any>}
+ */
+const parse = data => JSON.parse(data.replace(invalidLessThan, validLessThan));
+
+export default parse;