diff --git a/templates/ktcore/forms/widgets/text.smarty b/templates/ktcore/forms/widgets/text.smarty
index b269a64..8dc69cd 100644
--- a/templates/ktcore/forms/widgets/text.smarty
+++ b/templates/ktcore/forms/widgets/text.smarty
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
         {if $has_id} id="{$id}"{/if}
         {if $options.rows} rows="{$options.rows}"{else} rows="7"{/if}
         {if $options.cols} cols="{$options.cols}"{else} cols="45"{/if}
-      >{if $has_value}{$value}{/if}</textarea>
+      >{if $has_value}{$value|sanitize_input}{/if}</textarea>