There is no bug. Within the action "Import cover from file" Mp3tag supports the so called "format string", in order to provide scripting for the image filename (... look at the title of the edit field).
Therefore the Mp3tag Scripting Language needs some special characters to be escaped.
See also ...
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How to save images as album arts according to audio filenames
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