diff --git a/src/pretix/base/context.py b/src/pretix/base/context.py
index 475dfd4f1..d7948083f 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/context.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/context.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import sys
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.html import escape, format_html
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import gettext
 
@@ -35,21 +36,23 @@ def get_powered_by(request, safelink=True):
     d = gs.settings.license_check_input
     if d.get('poweredby_name'):
         if d.get('poweredby_url'):
-            msg = gettext('<a {a_name_attr}>powered by {name}</a> <a {a_attr}>based on pretix</a>').format(
+            msg = format_html(
+                gettext('<a {a_name_attr}>powered by {name}</a> <a {a_attr}>based on pretix</a>'),
                 name=d['poweredby_name'],
-                a_name_attr='href="{}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"'.format(
-                    sl(d['poweredby_url']) if safelink else d['poweredby_url'],
-                ),
-                a_attr='href="{}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"'.format(
+                a_name_attr=mark_safe('href="{}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"'.format(
+                    escape(sl(d['poweredby_url'])) if safelink else escape(d['poweredby_url']),
+                )),
+                a_attr=mark_safe('href="{}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"'.format(
                     sl('https://pretix.eu') if safelink else 'https://pretix.eu',
-                )
+                ))
             )
         else:
-            msg = gettext('<a {a_attr}>powered by {name} based on pretix</a>').format(
+            msg = format_html(
+                gettext('<a {a_attr}>powered by {name} based on pretix</a>'),
                 name=d['poweredby_name'],
-                a_attr='href="{}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"'.format(
+                a_attr=mark_safe('href="{}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"'.format(
                     sl('https://pretix.eu') if safelink else 'https://pretix.eu',
-                )
+                ))
             )
     else:
         msg = gettext('<a %(a_attr)s>ticketing powered by pretix</a>') % {
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal/payment.py b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal/payment.py
index bdaf8296b..caea843c0 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal/payment.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal/payment.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from django.contrib import messages
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.html import format_html
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as __, gettext_lazy as _
 from i18nfield.strings import LazyI18nString
@@ -112,9 +113,10 @@ class Paypal(BasePaymentProvider):
                      label=_('Client ID'),
                      max_length=80,
                      min_length=80,
-                     help_text=_('<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="{docs_url}">{text}</a>').format(
+                     help_text=format_html(
+                         '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="{docs_url}">{text}</a>',
                          text=_('Click here for a tutorial on how to obtain the required keys'),
-                         docs_url='https://docs.pretix.eu/en/latest/user/payments/paypal.html'
+                         docs_url='https://docs.pretix.eu/en/latest/user/payments/paypal.html',
                      )
                  )),
                 ('secret',
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
index db3654415..c279ce235 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.templatetags.static import static
 from django.urls import resolve, reverse
 from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string
+from django.utils.html import format_html
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as __, gettext_lazy as _
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ class PaypalSettingsHolder(BasePaymentProvider):
                      label=_('Client ID'),
                      max_length=80,
                      min_length=80,
-                     help_text=_('<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="{docs_url}">{text}</a>').format(
+                     help_text=format_html(
+                         '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="{docs_url}">{text}</a>',
                          text=_('Click here for a tutorial on how to obtain the required keys'),
                          docs_url='https://docs.pretix.eu/en/latest/user/payments/paypal.html'
                      )