diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/vmgroup-tab/form-panels/create.js b/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/vmgroup-tab/form-panels/create.js
index 70241bb4a7..2d4990660f 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/vmgroup-tab/form-panels/create.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/vmgroup-tab/form-panels/create.js
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ define(function(require) {
 
   function _submitWizard(context) {
     that = this;
-    var name = WizardFields.retrieveInput($("#vm_group_name", context));
-    var description = WizardFields.retrieveInput($("#vm_group_description", context));
+    var name = TemplateUtils.removeHTMLTags(WizardFields.retrieveInput($("#vm_group_name", context)));
+    var description = TemplateUtils.removeHTMLTags(WizardFields.retrieveInput($("#vm_group_description", context)));
 
     var role = [];
 
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/vmgroup-tab/utils/role-tab.js b/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/vmgroup-tab/utils/role-tab.js
index 4f8237541c..24cc64d831 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/vmgroup-tab/utils/role-tab.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/vmgroup-tab/utils/role-tab.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ define(function(require) {
   var Tips = require('utils/tips');
   var Config = require('sunstone-config');
 
+  var TemplateUtils = require("../../../utils/template-utils");
   var TemplateHTML = require('hbs!./role-tab/html');
   var HostsTable = require('./datatable');
 
@@ -158,21 +159,21 @@ define(function(require) {
     
     var role = {};
     var text = "";
-    role['NAME'] = $('input[name="name"]', context).val();
-    role['VIRTUAL_MACHINES'] = $('input[name="cardinality"]', context).val();
-    role['POLICY'] = $('input[name="protocol_'+this.html_role_id+'"]:checked', context).val();
+    role['NAME'] = TemplateUtils.removeHTMLTags($('input[name="name"]', context).val());
+    role['VIRTUAL_MACHINES'] = TemplateUtils.removeHTMLTags($('input[name="cardinality"]', context).val());
+    role['POLICY'] = TemplateUtils.removeHTMLTags($('input[name="protocol_'+this.html_role_id+'"]:checked', context).val());
     if(this.host_affined.length > 0){
       for(data in this.host_affined)
         text += this.host_affined[data] + ", ";
       text = text.slice(0,-2); 
-      role['HOST_AFFINED'] = text
+      role['HOST_AFFINED'] = TemplateUtils.removeHTMLTags(text)
       text = "";
     }
     if(this.host_anti_affined.length > 0){
       for(data in this.host_anti_affined)
         text += this.host_anti_affined[data] + ", "; 
       text = text.slice(0,-2); 
-      role['HOST_ANTI_AFFINED'] = text;
+      role['HOST_ANTI_AFFINED'] = TemplateUtils.removeHTMLTags(text);
     }
     role = _removeEmptyObjects(role);
     return role;
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/template-utils.js b/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/template-utils.js
index 5685939dd9..c7751d4945 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/template-utils.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/template-utils.js
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ define(function(require) {
     "templateToString": _convert_template_to_string,
     "htmlDecode": _htmlDecode,
     "htmlEncode": _htmlEncode,
-    "escapeDoubleQuotes": _escapeDoubleQuotes
+    "escapeDoubleQuotes": _escapeDoubleQuotes,
+    "removeHTMLTags": _removeHTMLTags
   };
 });