diff --git a/backend/core/engine/base.php b/backend/core/engine/base.php
index 60897359c6..0d3b216717 100644
--- a/backend/core/engine/base.php
+++ b/backend/core/engine/base.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * This class implements a lot of functionality that can be extended by a specific action
  *
  * @author Tijs Verkoyen <tijs@sumocoders.be>
+ * @author Frederik Heyninck <frederik@figure8.be>
  */
 class BackendBaseAction
 {
@@ -168,21 +169,21 @@ public function execute()
 			$this->tpl->assign('report', true);
 
 			// camelcase the string
-			$messageName = SpoonFilter::toCamelCase($this->getParameter('report'), '-');
+			$messageName = SpoonFilter::toCamelCase(SpoonFilter::stripHTML($this->getParameter('report')), '-');
 
 			// if we have data to use it will be passed as the var parameter
 			if(!empty($var)) $this->tpl->assign('reportMessage', vsprintf(BL::msg($messageName), $var));
 			else $this->tpl->assign('reportMessage', BL::msg($messageName));
 
 			// highlight an element with the given id if needed
-			if($this->getParameter('highlight')) $this->tpl->assign('highlight', $this->getParameter('highlight'));
+			if($this->getParameter('highlight')) $this->tpl->assign('highlight', SpoonFilter::stripHTML($this->getParameter('highlight')));
 		}
 
 		// is there an error to show?
 		if($this->getParameter('error') !== null)
 		{
 			// camelcase the string
-			$errorName = SpoonFilter::toCamelCase($this->getParameter('error'), '-');
+			$errorName = SpoonFilter::toCamelCase(SpoonFilter::stripHTML($this->getParameter('error')), '-');
 
 			// if we have data to use it will be passed as the var parameter
 			if(!empty($var)) $this->tpl->assign('errorMessage', vsprintf(BL::err($errorName), $var));