diff --git a/models/GenericTable.php b/models/GenericTable.php
index b076df14..9356ccec 100644
--- a/models/GenericTable.php
+++ b/models/GenericTable.php
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class GenericTable
 		{
 			// Basic option: simply take a use a particular data property.
 			case 'value':
-				$value = $rowData[$options['data']];
+				$value = htmlspecialchars($rowData[$options['data']]);
 				break;
 
 			// Processing via a lambda function.