diff --git a/src/application/config/config.php b/src/application/config/config.php
index f96c1dae..04b07f34 100644
--- a/src/application/config/config.php
+++ b/src/application/config/config.php
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ $config['cookie_secure']	= FALSE;
 | COOKIE data is encountered
 |
 */
-$config['global_xss_filtering'] = FALSE;
+$config['global_xss_filtering'] = TRUE;
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------