diff --git a/templates/ktcore/forms/widgets/string.smarty b/templates/ktcore/forms/widgets/string.smarty
index 8bad37a..1de962c 100644
--- a/templates/ktcore/forms/widgets/string.smarty
+++ b/templates/ktcore/forms/widgets/string.smarty
@@ -1 +1 @@
-  <input type="text" name="{$name}" {if $has_id}id="{$id}"{/if} {if $has_value}value="{$value}"{/if}{if ($options.autocomplete === false)}autocomplete="off"{/if}  {if $options.width}size="{$options.width}"{/if} />
+  <input type="text" name="{$name}" {if $has_id}id="{$id}"{/if} {if $has_value}value="{$value|sanitize_input}"{/if}{if ($options.autocomplete === false)}autocomplete="off"{/if}  {if $options.width}size="{$options.width}"{/if} />