diff --git a/administrator/templates/isis/html/com_media/imageslist/default_folder.php b/administrator/templates/isis/html/com_media/imageslist/default_folder.php
index fb0b77403e6f6..501d8c7727d76 100644
--- a/administrator/templates/isis/html/com_media/imageslist/default_folder.php
+++ b/administrator/templates/isis/html/com_media/imageslist/default_folder.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 			<span class="icon-folder-2"></span>
 		</div>
 		<div class="small">
-			<?php echo JHtml::_('string.truncate', $this->_tmp_folder->name, 10, false); ?>
+			<?php echo JHtml::_('string.truncate', $this->escape($this->_tmp_folder->name), 10, false); ?>
 		</div>
 	</a>
 </li>