Configuring N64 Controller USB Adapter fails in inputconfiguration.sh

Trying to configure an USB Adapter for N64 Controllers, identified as 0079:1879 DragonRise Inc. by lsusb, fails. The following error is printed several times to the console:

input config finish command:
/home/pi/.emulationstation/es_temporaryinput.cfg:3.36: xmlParseCharRef: invalid xmlChar value 24
    <inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="&#24;USB GamePad USB GamePad" deviceGU

The problem appears to be, that the adapter has an invalid character in the deviceName, which can also be seen in the output of udevadm monitor when attaching the adapter:

KERNEL[15869.043710] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.4/3-1.4:1.0/0003:0079:1879.001E (hid)
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.4/3-1.4:1.0/0003:0079:1879.001E
HID_ID=0003:00000079:00001879
HID_NAME=USB GamePad USB GamePad
HID_PHYS=usb-0000:00:10.0-1.4/input0
HID_UNIQ=
MODALIAS=hid:b0003g0001v00000079p00001879
SEQNUM=3083
SUBSYSTEM=hid

KERNEL[15869.044378] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.4/3-1.4:1.0/0003:0079:1879.001E/input/input44 (input)
ABS=30027
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.4/3-1.4:1.0/0003:0079:1879.001E/input/input44
EV=1b
KEY=ffff00000000 0 0 0 0
MODALIAS=input:b0003v0079p1879e0110-e0,1,3,4,k120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,12A,12B,12C,12D,12E,12F,ra0,1,2,5,10,11,m4,lsfw
MSC=10
NAME="USB GamePad USB GamePad"
PHYS="usb-0000:00:10.0-1.4/input0"
PRODUCT=3/79/1879/110
PROP=0
SEQNUM=3084
SUBSYSTEM=input
UNIQ=""

The full es_temporaryinput.cfg:

es_temporaryinput.cfg

Start by reading inputconfiguration.sh and tracing how the udev device name becomes the inputConfig entry in es_temporaryinput.cfg. Use the reported 0079:1879 adapter and its udevadm output to reproduce the invalid character, then verify that configuration completes without invalid XML for this device.