diff --git a/src/pretix/base/models/log.py b/src/pretix/base/models/log.py
index c01ef64c66..34f7aa9ec3 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/models/log.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/models/log.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
+from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class LogEntry(models.Model):
                     'organizer': self.event.organizer.slug,
                     'code': co.code
                 }),
-                'val': co.code,
+                'val': escape(co.code),
             }
         elif isinstance(co, Voucher):
             a_text = _('Voucher {val}…')
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ class LogEntry(models.Model):
                     'organizer': self.event.organizer.slug,
                     'voucher': co.id
                 }),
-                'val': co.code[:6],
+                'val': escape(co.code[:6]),
             }
         elif isinstance(co, Item):
             a_text = _('Product {val}')
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class LogEntry(models.Model):
                     'organizer': self.event.organizer.slug,
                     'item': co.id
                 }),
-                'val': co.name,
+                'val': escape(co.name),
             }
         elif isinstance(co, Quota):
             a_text = _('Quota {val}')
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ class LogEntry(models.Model):
                     'organizer': self.event.organizer.slug,
                     'quota': co.id
                 }),
-                'val': co.name,
+                'val': escape(co.name),
             }
         elif isinstance(co, ItemCategory):
             a_text = _('Category {val}')
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ class LogEntry(models.Model):
                     'organizer': self.event.organizer.slug,
                     'category': co.id
                 }),
-                'val': co.name,
+                'val': escape(co.name),
             }
         elif isinstance(co, Question):
             a_text = _('Question {val}')
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class LogEntry(models.Model):
                     'organizer': self.event.organizer.slug,
                     'question': co.id
                 }),
-                'val': co.question,
+                'val': escape(co.question),
             }
 
         if a_text and a_map:
diff --git a/src/pretix/base/templatetags/escapejson.py b/src/pretix/base/templatetags/escapejson.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..832cc711e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pretix/base/templatetags/escapejson.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django import template
+from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
+
+from pretix.helpers.escapejson import escapejson
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter("escapejson")
+@stringfilter
+def escapejs_filter(value):
+    """Hex encodes characters for use in a application/json type script."""
+    return escapejson(value)
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/question.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/question.html
index 01a1621339..11fd3a17af 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/question.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/question.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "pretixcontrol/items/base.html" %}
 {% load i18n %}
 {% load bootstrap3 %}
+{% load escapejson %}
 {% load formset_tags %}
 {% block title %}{% blocktrans with name=question.question %}Question: {{ name }}{% endblocktrans %}{% endblock %}
 {% block inside %}
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
                 <div class="chart" id="question_chart" data-type="{{ question.type }}">
 
                 </div>
-                <script type="application/json" id="question-chart-data">{{ stats_json|safe }}</script>
+                <script type="application/json" id="question-chart-data">{{ stats_json|escapejson }}</script>
             </div>
             <div class="col-md-5 col-xs-12">
                 <table class="table table-bordered table-hover">
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/quota.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/quota.html
index 6c876b77fd..884ef04124 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/quota.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/quota.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "pretixcontrol/items/base.html" %}
 {% load i18n %}
 {% load bootstrap3 %}
+{% load escapejson %}
 {% load eventsignal %}
 {% block title %}{% blocktrans with name=quota.name %}Quota: {{ name }}{% endblocktrans %}{% endblock %}
 {% block inside %}
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
             <div class="chart" id="quota_chart">
 
             </div>
-            <script type="application/json" id="quota-chart-data">{{ quota_chart_data|safe }}</script>
+            <script type="application/json" id="quota-chart-data">{{ quota_chart_data|escapejson }}</script>
         </div>
         <div class="col-md-5 col-xs-12">
             <legend>{% trans "Availability calculation" %}</legend>
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
index 7d9be19b1f..2d9c70ef70 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.utils import formats
 from django.utils.formats import date_format
+from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from pretix.base.models import (
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ def quota_widgets(sender, **kwargs):
         status, left = q.availability()
         widgets.append({
             'content': NUM_WIDGET.format(num='{}/{}'.format(left, q.size) if q.size is not None else '\u221e',
-                                         text=_('{quota} left').format(quota=q.name)),
+                                         text=_('{quota} left').format(quota=escape(q.name))),
             'display_size': 'small',
             'priority': 50,
             'url': reverse('control:event.items.quotas.show', kwargs={
@@ -256,7 +257,8 @@ def user_event_widgets(**kwargs):
     for event in events:
         widgets.append({
             'content': '<div class="event">{event}<span class="from">{df}</span><span class="to">{dt}</span></div>'.format(
-                event=event.name, df=date_format(event.date_from, 'SHORT_DATE_FORMAT') if event.date_from else '',
+                event=escape(event.name),
+                df=date_format(event.date_from, 'SHORT_DATE_FORMAT') if event.date_from else '',
                 dt=date_format(event.date_to, 'SHORT_DATE_FORMAT') if event.date_to else ''
             ),
             'display_size': 'small',
diff --git a/src/pretix/helpers/escapejson.py b/src/pretix/helpers/escapejson.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6628e54bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pretix/helpers/escapejson.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.functional import keep_lazy
+from django.utils.safestring import SafeText, mark_safe
+
+_json_escapes = {
+    ord('>'): '\\u003E',
+    ord('<'): '\\u003C',
+    ord('&'): '\\u0026',
+}
+
+
+@keep_lazy(six.text_type, SafeText)
+def escapejson(value):
+    """Hex encodes characters for use in a application/json type script."""
+    return mark_safe(force_text(value).translate(_json_escapes))
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/statistics/templates/pretixplugins/statistics/index.html b/src/pretix/plugins/statistics/templates/pretixplugins/statistics/index.html
index 24f476118a..a87eb49e4a 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/statistics/templates/pretixplugins/statistics/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/statistics/templates/pretixplugins/statistics/index.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 {% load compress %}
 {% load staticfiles %}
+{% load escapejson %}
 {% block title %}{% trans "Statistics" %}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
     <h1>{% trans "Statistics" %}</h1>
@@ -30,9 +31,9 @@
                 <div id="obp_chart" class="chart"></div>
             </div>
         </div>
-        <script type="application/json" id="obd-data">{{ obd_data|safe }}</script>
-        <script type="application/json" id="rev-data">{{ rev_data|safe }}</script>
-        <script type="application/json" id="obp-data">{{ obp_data|safe }}</script>
+        <script type="application/json" id="obd-data">{{ obd_data|escapejson }}</script>
+        <script type="application/json" id="rev-data">{{ rev_data|escapejson }}</script>
+        <script type="application/json" id="obp-data">{{ obp_data|escapejson }}</script>
         <script type="application/text" id="currency">{{ request.event.currency }}</script>
         <script type="application/javascript" src="{% static "pretixplugins/statistics/statistics.js" %}"></script>
     {% else %}