diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
index 45196d6a40..a5121042d1 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_views.py
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ from django.http import Http404
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
+
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
 from student.models import CourseEnrollment
+from student.tests.factories import AdminFactory
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
 
 import courseware.views as views
@@ -161,3 +164,26 @@ class ViewsTestCase(TestCase):
         #       generate/store a real password.
         self.assertEquals(chat_settings['password'], "johndoe@%s" % domain)
 
+    def test_submission_history_xss(self):
+        # log into a staff account
+        admin = AdminFactory()
+
+        self.client.login(username=admin.username, password='test')
+
+        # try it with an existing user and a malicious location
+        url = reverse('submission_history', kwargs={
+            'course_id': self.course_id,
+            'student_username': 'dummy',
+            'location': '<script>alert("hello");</script>'
+        })
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertFalse('<script>' in response.content)
+
+        # try it with a malicious user and a non-existent location
+        url = reverse('submission_history', kwargs={
+            'course_id': self.course_id,
+            'student_username': '<script>alert("hello");</script>',
+            'location': 'dummy'
+        })
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertFalse('<script>' in response.content)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
index dc6c33bddf..b675f4dfc3 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from mitxmako.shortcuts import render_to_response, render_to_string
 from django_future.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_control
+from markupsafe import escape
 
 from courseware import grades
 from courseware.access import has_access
@@ -774,19 +775,16 @@ def submission_history(request, course_id, student_username, location):
                                                    module_state_key=location,
                                                    student_id=student.id)
     except User.DoesNotExist:
-        return HttpResponse("User {0} does not exist.".format(student_username))
+        return HttpResponse(escape("User {0} does not exist.".format(student_username)))
     except StudentModule.DoesNotExist:
-        return HttpResponse("{0} has never accessed problem {1}"
-                            .format(student_username, location))
+        return HttpResponse(escape("{0} has never accessed problem {1}".format(student_username, location)))
 
-    history_entries = StudentModuleHistory.objects \
-                      .filter(student_module=student_module).order_by('-id')
+    history_entries = StudentModuleHistory.objects.filter(student_module=student_module).order_by('-id')
 
     # If no history records exist, let's force a save to get history started.
     if not history_entries:
         student_module.save()
-        history_entries = StudentModuleHistory.objects \
-                          .filter(student_module=student_module).order_by('-id')
+        history_entries = StudentModuleHistory.objects.filter(student_module=student_module).order_by('-id')
 
     context = {
         'history_entries': history_entries,
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/submission_history.html b/lms/templates/courseware/submission_history.html
index 683c61c5a0..b4ce5ed2a6 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/submission_history.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/submission_history.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <% import json  %>
-<h3>${username} > ${course_id} > ${location}</h3>
+<h3>${username | h} > ${course_id | h} > ${location | h}</h3>
 
 % for i, entry in enumerate(history_entries):
 <hr/>