Index: typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php	(revision 2588)
+++ typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php	(working copy)
@@ -2785,7 +2785,7 @@
 		$longDesc = trim($this->stdWrap($conf['longdescURL'],$conf['longdescURL.']));
 
 			// "alt":
-		$altParam = ' alt="'.htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($altText)).'"';
+		$altParam = ' alt="'.$altText.'"';
 
 			// "title":
 		$emptyTitleHandling = 'useAlt';
@@ -2794,14 +2794,14 @@
 			$emptyTitleHandling = $conf['emptyTitleHandling'];
 		}
 		if ($titleText || $emptyTitleHandling == 'keepEmpty')	{
-			$altParam.= ' title="'.htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($titleText)).'"';
+			$altParam.= ' title="'.$titleText.'"';
 		} elseif (!$titleText && $emptyTitleHandling == 'useAlt')	{
-			$altParam.= ' title="'.htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($altText)).'"';
+			$altParam.= ' title="'.$altText.'"';
 		}
 
 			// "longDesc" URL
 		if ($longDesc)	{
-			$altParam.= ' longdesc="'.htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($longDesc)).'"';
+			$altParam.= ' longdesc="'.$longDesc.'"';
 		}
 
 		return $altParam;
Index: typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/static/setup.txt
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/static/setup.txt	(revision 2588)
+++ typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/static/setup.txt	(working copy)
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@
 		altText = TEXT
 		altText {
 			field = altText
+			stripHtml = 1
+			htmlSpecialChars = 1
 			split.token.char = 10
 			split.token.if.isTrue = {$styles.content.imgtext.imageTextSplit}
 			split.returnKey.data = register : IMAGE_NUM_CURRENT