diff --git a/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy.go b/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy.go
index 8037c79a123..c4159d9c26e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy.go
@@ -300,7 +300,15 @@ func (proxy *DataSourceProxy) validateRequest() error {
 		}
 
 		// route match
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(proxy.proxyPath, route.Path) {
+		r1, err := util.CleanRelativePath(proxy.proxyPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		r2, err := util.CleanRelativePath(route.Path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(r1, r2) {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy_test.go b/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy_test.go
index 13e6ed00735..bf730484c11 100644
--- a/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy_test.go
@@ -230,6 +230,14 @@ func TestDataSourceProxy_routeRule(t *testing.T) {
 				err = proxy.validateRequest()
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			})
+
+			t.Run("path with slashes and user is editor", func(t *testing.T) {
+				ctx, _ := setUp()
+				proxy, err := setupDSProxyTest(t, ctx, ds, routes, "//api//admin")
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				err = proxy.validateRequest()
+				require.Error(t, err)
+			})
 		})
 	})