diff -up sblim-sfcb-1.3.16/cimXmlGen.c.escape sblim-sfcb-1.3.16/cimXmlGen.c
--- sblim-sfcb-1.3.16/cimXmlGen.c.escape	2013-04-29 14:29:14.084335007 +0200
+++ sblim-sfcb-1.3.16/cimXmlGen.c	2013-04-29 14:28:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -70,6 +70,23 @@ const char *opGetClassNameChars(CMPIObje
   data2xml((data),(obj),(name),(refname),(btag),sizeof(btag)-1,(etag), \
 	   sizeof(etag)-1,(sb),(qsb),(inst),(param))
 
+static int add_escaped_instance(UtilStringBuffer *sb, CMPIInstance *inst)
+{
+    UtilStringBuffer *instance;
+
+    _SFCB_ENTER(TRACE_CIMXMLPROC, "add_escaped_instance");
+
+    instance = UtilFactory->newStrinBuffer(1024);
+    if (!instance)
+        _SFCB_RETURN(1);
+
+    instance2xml(inst, instance, 0);
+    char *escaped = XMLEscape((char *) instance->ft->getCharPtr(instance), NULL);
+    sb->ft->appendChars(sb, escaped);
+    free(escaped);
+    instance->ft->release(instance);
+    _SFCB_RETURN(0);
+}
 
 char *XMLEscape(char *in, int *outlen)
 {
@@ -542,9 +559,7 @@ int value2xml(CMPIData d, UtilStringBuff
 	 }
       }
       else if(d.type == CMPI_instance) {
-         SFCB_APPENDCHARS_BLOCK(sb, "<![CDATA[");
-         instance2xml(d.value.inst, sb, 0);
-         SFCB_APPENDCHARS_BLOCK(sb, "]]>");
+         add_escaped_instance(sb, d.value.inst);
 	 splen = 0;
       }
       else {
@@ -754,9 +769,7 @@ void data2xml(CMPIData * data, void *obj
          else SFCB_APPENDCHARS_BLOCK(sb, "\" TYPE=\"string\">\n");
          if(data->value.inst) {
 	         SFCB_APPENDCHARS_BLOCK(sb, "<VALUE>");
-	         SFCB_APPENDCHARS_BLOCK(sb, "<![CDATA[");
-	         instance2xml(data->value.inst, sb, 0);
-	         SFCB_APPENDCHARS_BLOCK(sb, "]]>");
+	         add_escaped_instance(sb, data->value.inst);
 	         SFCB_APPENDCHARS_BLOCK(sb, "</VALUE>\n");
          }
      }