diff --git a/src/pretix/base/middleware.py b/src/pretix/base/middleware.py
index 677816723d..c7ab50166c 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/middleware.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/middleware.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlsplit
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo, ZoneInfoNotFoundError
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.exceptions import BadRequest
 from django.http import Http404, HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.middleware.common import CommonMiddleware
 from django.urls import get_script_prefix, resolve
@@ -347,6 +348,18 @@ class SecurityMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
         return resp
 
 
+class RejectInvalidInputMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
+
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        # Nullbytes in GET/POST parameters are mostly harmless, as they will later fail on database insertion, but it
+        # keeps spamming our error logs whenever someone tries to run a vulnerability scanner.
+        if "\x00" in request.META['QUERY_STRING'] or "%00" in request.META['QUERY_STRING']:
+            raise BadRequest("Invalid characters in input.")
+        if request.method in ('POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH') and request.content_type == "application/x-www-form-urlencoded":
+            if any("\x00" in value for key, value_list in request.POST.lists() for value in value_list):
+                raise BadRequest("Invalid characters in input.")
+
+
 class CustomCommonMiddleware(CommonMiddleware):
 
     def get_full_path_with_slash(self, request):
diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index a798c55d33..aa86977963 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'pretix.control.middleware.AuditLogMiddleware',
     'pretix.base.middleware.LocaleMiddleware',
     'pretix.base.middleware.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'pretix.base.middleware.RejectInvalidInputMiddleware',
     'pretix.presale.middleware.EventMiddleware',
     'pretix.api.middleware.ApiScopeMiddleware',
 ]