diff --git a/search.php b/search.php
index 22f5334c1c..6b7bb6078f 100644
--- a/search.php
+++ b/search.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 include_once( PHPWG_ROOT_PATH.'include/common.inc.php' );
 include_once(PHPWG_ROOT_PATH.'include/functions_search.inc.php');
 
-echo $_GET['asdf'];
+echo htmlspecialchars($_GET['asdf'], ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8');
 
 // +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
 // | Check Access and exit when user status is not ok                      |