diff --git a/src/Tools/core/get/iTopGetTools.php b/src/Tools/core/get/iTopGetTools.php
index e5133b1..dae3d42 100644
--- a/src/Tools/core/get/iTopGetTools.php
+++ b/src/Tools/core/get/iTopGetTools.php
@@ -105,11 +105,12 @@ protected function getPhoneFieldsFromPerson(): array
     #[McpTool(name: TOOL_PREFIX.'search-user-request-by-caller-status-start-date', annotations: new ToolAnnotations(null, true, false, true, false))]
     public function searchUserRequestByCallerStatusStartDate(#[Schema(format: 'email')] string $caller_email, array $statuses = [], string $start_date = '', string $condition = 'greater_than'): string
     {
+        $statuses = array_map(fn($status) => static::quoteString((string)$status), $statuses);
         return $this->runToolFromTemplates('searchUserRequestFromCallerStatusDate', 'UserRequest',
             [
                 'caller_email' => static::quoteString($caller_email),
-                'statuses' => count($statuses) > 0 ? "'".implode("','", $statuses)."'" : '', 
-                'start_date' => $start_date,
+                'statuses' => count($statuses) > 0 ? "'".implode("','", $statuses)."'" : '',
+                'start_date' => static::quoteString($start_date),
                 'condition' => $condition === 'greater_than' ? '>=' : '<=',
             ]
        );
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/ToolsFromTemplateTest.php b/tests/phpunit/ToolsFromTemplateTest.php
index 6d1156d..624af4d 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/ToolsFromTemplateTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/ToolsFromTemplateTest.php
@@ -167,4 +167,25 @@ public function testQuoteString(): void
         $this->assertEquals("Underscore\\_Test", iTopGetTools::quoteString("Underscore_Test"));
         $this->assertEquals("Backslash\\\\Test", iTopGetTools::quoteString("Backslash\\Test"));
     }
-}
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+
+    /**
+     * Every caller-supplied value must stay inside its own OQL string literal: a quote in a
+     * status or in the start date must not close it and add conditions to the query.
+     * The OQL is checked once the JSON is decoded, as iTop does, so that the assertion does
+     * not depend on how Twig escapes each character.
+     */
+    public function testSearchUserRequestQuotesStatusesAndStartDate(): void
+    {
+        $expectedKey = <<<'OQL'
+SELECT UserRequest AS U JOIN Person AS P ON U.caller_id = P.id WHERE P.email='john@example.com' AND U.status IN('new','x\') OR (\'1\'=\'1') AND U.start_date >= '2026-01-01\' OR \'1\'=\'1'
+OQL;
+        $mockiTopClient = $this->createMock(iTopClient::class);
+        $mockiTopClient->expects(self::once())
+        ->method('postJsonToItop')
+        ->with($this->callback(fn(string $json) => (json_decode($json, true)['key'] ?? null) === $expectedKey))
+        ->willReturn(json_encode(['objects' => null, 'code' => 0, 'message' => 'Found: 0']));
+
+        $tools = new iTopGetTools($this->twigEnvironment, $mockiTopClient, $this->logger, $this->datamodel);
+        $tools->searchUserRequestByCallerStatusStartDate('john@example.com', ['new', "x') OR ('1'='1"], "2026-01-01' OR '1'='1");
+    }
+}