diff --git a/includes/components/frontend/iconelement.class.php b/includes/components/frontend/iconelement.class.php
index a9fdac67..d5ab685e 100644
--- a/includes/components/frontend/iconelement.class.php
+++ b/includes/components/frontend/iconelement.class.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class IconElement
         }
 
         if ($this->href)
-            ($a = $dom->createElement('a', $this->text))->setAttribute('href', $this->href);
+            ($a = $dom->createElement('a', htmlentities($this->text)))->setAttribute('href', $this->href);
         else
             $a = $dom->createTextNode($this->text);