diff --git a/.changeset/quote-injected-object-json.md b/.changeset/quote-injected-object-json.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f955b9718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quote-injected-object-json.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@phantom/react-native-webview": patch
+---
+
+Quote `injectedJavaScriptObject` JSON as a JavaScript string on Android and
+Apple platforms. This preserves nested JSON and control characters while
+preventing template-literal interpolation from executing injected code.
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index cb3476ad25..e906547634 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -107,4 +107,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${safeExtGet('kotlinVersion')}"
     implementation "androidx.webkit:webkit:${safeExtGet('webkitVersion')}"
+
+    testImplementation "junit:junit:4.13.2"
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCJavaScriptString.java b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCJavaScriptString.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b0085b6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCJavaScriptString.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.reactnativecommunity.webview;
+
+final class RNCJavaScriptString {
+    private static final char[] HEX = "0123456789abcdef".toCharArray();
+
+    private RNCJavaScriptString() {}
+
+    static String quote(String value) {
+        if (value == null) {
+            return "null";
+        }
+
+        StringBuilder quoted = new StringBuilder(value.length() + 2);
+        quoted.append('"');
+        for (int index = 0; index < value.length(); index += 1) {
+            char character = value.charAt(index);
+            switch (character) {
+                case '"':
+                    quoted.append("\\\"");
+                    break;
+                case '\\':
+                    quoted.append("\\\\");
+                    break;
+                case '\b':
+                    quoted.append("\\b");
+                    break;
+                case '\f':
+                    quoted.append("\\f");
+                    break;
+                case '\n':
+                    quoted.append("\\n");
+                    break;
+                case '\r':
+                    quoted.append("\\r");
+                    break;
+                case '\t':
+                    quoted.append("\\t");
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    if (character <= 0x1f || character == '\u2028' || character == '\u2029') {
+                        appendUnicodeEscape(quoted, character);
+                    } else {
+                        quoted.append(character);
+                    }
+            }
+        }
+        return quoted.append('"').toString();
+    }
+
+    private static void appendUnicodeEscape(StringBuilder output, char character) {
+        output.append("\\u");
+        output.append(HEX[(character >> 12) & 0xf]);
+        output.append(HEX[(character >> 8) & 0xf]);
+        output.append(HEX[(character >> 4) & 0xf]);
+        output.append(HEX[character & 0xf]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebView.java
index efa843b072..2f799bc45c 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebView.java
@@ -303,9 +303,10 @@ public void onPostMessage(@NonNull WebView view, @NonNull WebMessageCompat messa
 
     private void injectJavascriptObject() {
       if (getSettings().getJavaScriptEnabled()) {
+        String objectJson = RNCJavaScriptString.quote(injectedJavaScriptObject);
         String js = "(function(){\n" +
           "    window." + JAVASCRIPT_INTERFACE + " = window." + JAVASCRIPT_INTERFACE + " || {};\n" +
-          "    window." + JAVASCRIPT_INTERFACE + ".injectedObjectJson = function () { return " + (injectedJavaScriptObject == null ? null : ("`" + injectedJavaScriptObject + "`")) + "; };\n" +
+          "    window." + JAVASCRIPT_INTERFACE + ".injectedObjectJson = function () { return " + objectJson + "; };\n" +
           "})();";
         evaluateJavascriptWithFallback(js);
       }
diff --git a/android/src/test/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCJavaScriptStringTest.java b/android/src/test/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCJavaScriptStringTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca09cab1af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/test/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCJavaScriptStringTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.reactnativecommunity.webview;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class RNCJavaScriptStringTest {
+    @Test
+    public void quotesTemplateLiteralInjectionCharacters() {
+        assertEquals(
+            "\"`${alert(1)}`;globalThis.pwned=true;//\"",
+            RNCJavaScriptString.quote("`${alert(1)}`;globalThis.pwned=true;//")
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void preservesNestedJsonEscapes() {
+        assertEquals(
+            "\"{\\\"state\\\":\\\"{\\\\\\\"key\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"value\\\\\\\"}\\\"}\"",
+            RNCJavaScriptString.quote("{\"state\":\"{\\\"key\\\":\\\"value\\\"}\"}")
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void escapesControlAndLineSeparatorCharacters() {
+        assertEquals(
+            "\"line\\nnext\\tvalue\\u0000\\u2028\\u2029\"",
+            RNCJavaScriptString.quote("line\nnext\tvalue\u0000\u2028\u2029")
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void returnsJavaScriptNullForNull() {
+        assertEquals("null", RNCJavaScriptString.quote(null));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apple/RNCWebViewImpl.m b/apple/RNCWebViewImpl.m
index ea6024246e..addcf5735c 100644
--- a/apple/RNCWebViewImpl.m
+++ b/apple/RNCWebViewImpl.m
@@ -25,6 +25,28 @@
 
 NSString *const CUSTOM_SELECTOR = @"_CUSTOM_SELECTOR_";
 
+static NSString *RNCJavaScriptStringLiteral(NSString *value)
+{
+  if (value == nil) {
+    return @"null";
+  }
+
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSData *serialized = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:@[value] options:0 error:&error];
+  if (serialized == nil || error != nil) {
+    return @"null";
+  }
+
+  NSString *arrayLiteral = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:serialized encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+  if (arrayLiteral.length < 2) {
+    return @"null";
+  }
+
+  NSString *quoted = [arrayLiteral substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(1, arrayLiteral.length - 2)];
+  quoted = [quoted stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"\u2028" withString:@"\\u2028"];
+  return [quoted stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"\u2029" withString:@"\\u2029"];
+}
+
 #if TARGET_OS_IOS
 // runtime trick to remove WKWebView keyboard default toolbar
 // see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19033292/ios-7-uiwebview-keyboard-issue/19042279#19042279
@@ -1778,6 +1800,7 @@ - (void)setInjectedJavaScript:(NSString *)source {
 - (void)setInjectedJavaScriptObject:(NSString *)source
 {
   _injectedJavaScriptObject = source;
+  NSString *objectJson = RNCJavaScriptStringLiteral(source);
   self.injectedObjectJsonScript = [
     [WKUserScript alloc]
     initWithSource: [
@@ -1785,8 +1808,8 @@ - (void)setInjectedJavaScriptObject:(NSString *)source
       stringWithFormat:
        @"window.%@ = window.%@ || {};"
       "window.%@.injectedObjectJson = function () {"
-      "  return `%@`;"
-      "};", MessageHandlerName, MessageHandlerName, MessageHandlerName, source
+      "  return %@;"
+      "};", MessageHandlerName, MessageHandlerName, MessageHandlerName, objectJson
     ]
     injectionTime:WKUserScriptInjectionTimeAtDocumentStart
     /* TODO: For a separate (minor) PR: use logic like this (as react-native-wkwebview does) so that messaging can be used in all frames if desired.