diff --git a/middleware/cors/cors.go b/middleware/cors/cors.go
index 2ca3767d1f..3accc2f1dd 100644
--- a/middleware/cors/cors.go
+++ b/middleware/cors/cors.go
@@ -113,24 +113,32 @@ func New(config ...Config) fiber.Handler {
 		panic("[CORS] Insecure setup, 'AllowCredentials' is set to true, and 'AllowOrigins' is set to a wildcard.")
 	}
 
-	// Validate and normalize static AllowOrigins if not using AllowOriginsFunc
-	if cfg.AllowOriginsFunc == nil && cfg.AllowOrigins != "" && cfg.AllowOrigins != "*" {
-		validatedOrigins := []string{}
-		for _, origin := range strings.Split(cfg.AllowOrigins, ",") {
-			isValid, normalizedOrigin := normalizeOrigin(origin)
+	// allowOrigins is a slice of strings that contains the allowed origins
+	// defined in the 'AllowOrigins' configuration.
+	var allowOrigins []string
+
+	// Validate and normalize static AllowOrigins
+	if cfg.AllowOrigins != "" && cfg.AllowOrigins != "*" {
+		origins := strings.Split(cfg.AllowOrigins, ",")
+		allowOrigins = make([]string, len(origins))
+
+		for i, origin := range origins {
+			trimmedOrigin := strings.TrimSpace(origin)
+			isValid, normalizedOrigin := normalizeOrigin(trimmedOrigin)
+
 			if isValid {
-				validatedOrigins = append(validatedOrigins, normalizedOrigin)
+				allowOrigins[i] = normalizedOrigin
 			} else {
-				log.Warnf("[CORS] Invalid origin format in configuration: %s", origin)
+				log.Warnf("[CORS] Invalid origin format in configuration: %s", trimmedOrigin)
 				panic("[CORS] Invalid origin provided in configuration")
 			}
 		}
-		cfg.AllowOrigins = strings.Join(validatedOrigins, ",")
+	} else {
+		// If AllowOrigins is set to a wildcard or not set,
+		// set allowOrigins to a slice with a single element
+		allowOrigins = []string{cfg.AllowOrigins}
 	}
 
-	// Convert string to slice
-	allowOrigins := strings.Split(strings.ReplaceAll(cfg.AllowOrigins, " ", ""), ",")
-
 	// Strip white spaces
 	allowMethods := strings.ReplaceAll(cfg.AllowMethods, " ", "")
 	allowHeaders := strings.ReplaceAll(cfg.AllowHeaders, " ", "")
@@ -165,10 +173,8 @@ func New(config ...Config) fiber.Handler {
 		// Run AllowOriginsFunc if the logic for
 		// handling the value in 'AllowOrigins' does
 		// not result in allowOrigin being set.
-		if allowOrigin == "" && cfg.AllowOriginsFunc != nil {
-			if cfg.AllowOriginsFunc(originHeader) {
-				allowOrigin = originHeader
-			}
+		if allowOrigin == "" && cfg.AllowOriginsFunc != nil && cfg.AllowOriginsFunc(originHeader) {
+			allowOrigin = originHeader
 		}
 
 		// Simple request
diff --git a/middleware/cors/cors_test.go b/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
index 9fc2852556..23692c3f84 100644
--- a/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
+++ b/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
@@ -307,6 +307,21 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowOriginScheme(t *testing.T) {
 			reqOrigin:         "http://ccc.bbb.example.com",
 			shouldAllowOrigin: false,
 		},
+		{
+			pattern:           "http://domain-1.com, http://example.com",
+			reqOrigin:         "http://example.com",
+			shouldAllowOrigin: true,
+		},
+		{
+			pattern:           "http://domain-1.com, http://example.com",
+			reqOrigin:         "http://domain-2.com",
+			shouldAllowOrigin: false,
+		},
+		{
+			pattern:           "http://domain-1.com,http://example.com",
+			reqOrigin:         "http://domain-1.com",
+			shouldAllowOrigin: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -452,6 +467,33 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowOriginsAndAllowOriginsFunc_AllUseCases(t *testing.T) {
 			RequestOrigin:  "http://aaa.com",
 			ResponseOrigin: "http://aaa.com",
 		},
+		{
+			Name: "AllowOriginsDefined/AllowOriginsFuncUndefined/MultipleOrigins/NoWhitespace/OriginAllowed",
+			Config: Config{
+				AllowOrigins:     "http://aaa.com,http://bbb.com",
+				AllowOriginsFunc: nil,
+			},
+			RequestOrigin:  "http://bbb.com",
+			ResponseOrigin: "http://bbb.com",
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "AllowOriginsDefined/AllowOriginsFuncUndefined/MultipleOrigins/NoWhitespace/OriginNotAllowed",
+			Config: Config{
+				AllowOrigins:     "http://aaa.com,http://bbb.com",
+				AllowOriginsFunc: nil,
+			},
+			RequestOrigin:  "http://ccc.com",
+			ResponseOrigin: "",
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "AllowOriginsDefined/AllowOriginsFuncUndefined/MultipleOrigins/Whitespace/OriginAllowed",
+			Config: Config{
+				AllowOrigins:     "http://aaa.com, http://bbb.com",
+				AllowOriginsFunc: nil,
+			},
+			RequestOrigin:  "http://aaa.com",
+			ResponseOrigin: "http://aaa.com",
+		},
 		{
 			Name: "AllowOriginsDefined/AllowOriginsFuncUndefined/OriginNotAllowed",
 			Config: Config{
@@ -647,3 +689,453 @@ func Test_CORS_AllowCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandler -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandler(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "http://localhost,http://example.com",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: true,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+	req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+	req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodGet)
+	req.SetRequestURI("/")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://localhost")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+	ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		h(ctx)
+	}
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerParallel -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerParallel(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "http://localhost,http://example.com",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: true,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+		req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+		req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodGet)
+		req.SetRequestURI("/")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://localhost")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+		ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+		for pb.Next() {
+			h(ctx)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerSingleOrigin -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerSingleOrigin(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "http://example.com",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: true,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+	req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+	req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodGet)
+	req.SetRequestURI("/")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+	ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		h(ctx)
+	}
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerSingleOriginParallel -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerSingleOriginParallel(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "http://example.com",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: true,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+		req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+		req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodGet)
+		req.SetRequestURI("/")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+		ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+		for pb.Next() {
+			h(ctx)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerWildcard -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerWildcard(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "*",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: false,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+	req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+	req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodGet)
+	req.SetRequestURI("/")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+	ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		h(ctx)
+	}
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerWildcardParallel -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerWildcardParallel(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "*",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: false,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+		req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+		req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodGet)
+		req.SetRequestURI("/")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodGet)
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+		ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+		for pb.Next() {
+			h(ctx)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflight -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflight(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "http://localhost,http://example.com",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: true,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+	req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+	req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	req.SetRequestURI("/")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodPost)
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+	ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		h(ctx)
+	}
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightParallel -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightParallel(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "http://localhost,http://example.com",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: true,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+		req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+		req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+		req.SetRequestURI("/")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodPost)
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+		ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+		for pb.Next() {
+			h(ctx)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightSingleOrigin -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightSingleOrigin(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "http://example.com",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: true,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+	req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+	req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	req.SetRequestURI("/")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodPost)
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+	ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		h(ctx)
+	}
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightSingleOriginParallel -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightSingleOriginParallel(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "http://example.com",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: true,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+		req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+		req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+		req.SetRequestURI("/")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodPost)
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+		ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+		for pb.Next() {
+			h(ctx)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightWildcard -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightWildcard(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "*",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: false,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+	ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+	req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+	req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+	req.SetRequestURI("/")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodPost)
+	req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+	ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		h(ctx)
+	}
+}
+
+// go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightWildcardParallel -benchmem -count=4
+func Benchmark_CORS_NewHandlerPreflightWildcardParallel(b *testing.B) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+	c := New(Config{
+		AllowOrigins:     "*",
+		AllowMethods:     "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE",
+		AllowHeaders:     "Origin,Content-Type,Accept",
+		AllowCredentials: false,
+		MaxAge:           600,
+	})
+
+	app.Use(c)
+	app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	h := app.Handler()
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		ctx := &fasthttp.RequestCtx{}
+
+		req := &fasthttp.Request{}
+		req.Header.SetMethod(fiber.MethodOptions)
+		req.SetRequestURI("/")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderOrigin, "http://example.com")
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestMethod, fiber.MethodPost)
+		req.Header.Set(fiber.HeaderAccessControlRequestHeaders, "Origin,Content-Type,Accept")
+
+		ctx.Init(req, nil, nil)
+
+		for pb.Next() {
+			h(ctx)
+		}
+	})
+}