diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php b/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php
index 44828e4..fd77c64 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 namespace Drupal\dblog\Controller;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Html;
-use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\SafeMarkup;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\String;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss;
 use Drupal\Core\Controller\ControllerBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
@@ -229,7 +230,6 @@ public function overview() {
    * @return array
    *   If the ID is located in the Database Logging table, a build array in the
    *   format expected by drupal_render();
-   *
    */
   public function eventDetails($event_id) {
     $build = array();
@@ -240,6 +240,14 @@ public function eventDetails($event_id) {
         '#theme' => 'username',
         '#account' => user_load($dblog->uid),
       );
+      // Validate the event link if it is safe.
+      if (!SafeMarkup::isSafe($dblog->link)) {
+        $event_link = Xss::filterAdmin($dblog->link);
+      }
+      else {
+        $event_link = $dblog->link;
+      }
+
       $rows = array(
         array(
           array('data' => $this->t('Type'), 'header' => TRUE),
@@ -275,7 +283,7 @@ public function eventDetails($event_id) {
         ),
         array(
           array('data' => $this->t('Operations'), 'header' => TRUE),
-          $dblog->link,
+          $event_link,
         ),
       );
       $build['dblog_table'] = array(
diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/src/Tests/DbLogTest.php b/core/modules/dblog/src/Tests/DbLogTest.php
index d6a59ad..5f263db 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/src/Tests/DbLogTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/src/Tests/DbLogTest.php
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\dblog\Tests;
 
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\String;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss;
 use Drupal\Core\Logger\RfcLogLevel;
+use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\dblog\Controller\DbLogController;
 use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
 
@@ -50,7 +52,12 @@ protected function setUp() {
     $this->drupalPlaceBlock('system_breadcrumb_block');
 
     // Create users with specific permissions.
-    $this->adminUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer site configuration', 'access administration pages', 'access site reports', 'administer users'));
+    $this->adminUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array(
+      'administer site configuration',
+      'access administration pages',
+      'access site reports',
+      'administer users',
+    ));
     $this->webUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array());
   }
 
@@ -71,6 +78,8 @@ function testDbLog() {
     $this->verifyEvents();
     $this->verifyReports();
     $this->verifyBreadcrumbs();
+    $this->verifyLinkEscaping();
+    $this->verifyMessageEscaping();
     // Verify the overview table sorting.
     $orders = array('Date', 'Type', 'User');
     $sorts = array('asc', 'desc');
@@ -247,6 +256,82 @@ public function verifySort($sort = 'asc', $order = 'Date') {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Tests the escaping of links in the operation row of a database log detail
+   * page.
+   */
+  private function verifyLinkEscaping() {
+    $link = \Drupal::l('View', Url::fromRoute('entity.node.canonical', array('node' => 1)));
+    $message = 'Log entry added to do the verifyLinkEscaping test.';
+    $this->generateLogEntries(1, array(
+      'message' => $message,
+      'link' => $link,
+    ));
+
+    $result = db_query_range('SELECT wid FROM {watchdog} ORDER BY wid DESC', 0, 1);
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/dblog/event/' . $result->fetchField());
+
+    // Check if the link exists (unescaped).
+    $this->assertRaw($link);
+
+    // Check for XSS filtering.
+    $js_txt = 'This should not pop up!';
+    $js = '<script>alert("' . $js_txt . '");</script>';
+    $this->generateLogEntries(1, array(
+      'message' => $message,
+      'link' => $link . $js,
+    ));
+
+    $result = db_query_range('SELECT wid FROM {watchdog} ORDER BY wid DESC', 0, 1);
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/dblog/event/' . $result->fetchField());
+
+    // Check if the link exists (unescaped).
+    $this->assertRaw($link);
+
+    // Check if javascript was escaped.
+    $this->assertNoRaw($js, 'Detail view: javascript in link is blocked');
+    $this->assertRaw($js_txt, 'Detail view: javascript text exists');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test the escaping of message in the operation row of a database log detail
+   * page.
+   */
+  private function verifyMessageEscaping() {
+    $link = \Drupal::l('View', Url::fromRoute('entity.node.canonical', array('node' => 1)));
+    $message = String::format('%message', array(
+      '%message' => 'Log entry added to do the verifyMessageEscaping test.',
+    ));
+    $this->generateLogEntries(1, array(
+      'message' => $message,
+      'link' => $link,
+    ));
+
+    $result = db_query_range('SELECT wid FROM {watchdog} ORDER BY wid DESC', 0, 1);
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/dblog/event/' . $result->fetchField());
+
+    // Check if the link exists (unescaped).
+    $this->assertRaw($message);
+
+    // Check for XSS filtering.
+    $js_txt = 'This should not pop up!';
+    $js = '<script>alert("' . $js_txt . '");</script>';
+    $this->generateLogEntries(1, array(
+      'message' => $message . $js,
+      'link' => $link,
+    ));
+
+    $result = db_query_range('SELECT wid FROM {watchdog} ORDER BY wid DESC', 0, 1);
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/dblog/event/' . $result->fetchField());
+
+    // Check if the link exists (unescaped).
+    $this->assertRaw($message);
+
+    // Check if javascript was escaped.
+    $this->assertNoRaw($js, 'Detail view: javascript in message is blocked');
+    $this->assertRaw($js_txt, 'Detail view: javascript text exists ');
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Generates and then verifies some user events.
    */
   private function doUser() {