diff --git a/src/api/utils/RoomChatFormatter.test.ts b/src/api/utils/RoomChatFormatter.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..403fd87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/utils/RoomChatFormatter.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { RoomChatFormatter } from './RoomChatFormatter';
+
+/**
+ * Security + behaviour suite for the chat formatter.
+ *
+ * The formatter output is injected into the DOM via `dangerouslySetInnerHTML`
+ * in ChatWidgetMessageView, so the security contract is: after the browser
+ * parses the formatted string as HTML, NO attacker-controlled executable
+ * markup may survive (no <script>/<img onerror>/<svg onload>/javascript: URL,
+ * no event-handler attributes). We use jsdom's real HTML parser as the oracle
+ * rather than guessing how entities decode.
+ */
+const parse = (input: string): HTMLDivElement =>
+{
+    const div = document.createElement('div');
+    div.innerHTML = RoomChatFormatter(input);
+    return div;
+};
+
+describe('RoomChatFormatter — XSS neutralisation', () =>
+{
+    it('does not produce a <script> element from a raw script tag', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<script>alert(1)</script>');
+        expect(div.querySelector('script')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('does not produce an <img> element with an onerror handler', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>');
+        const img = div.querySelector('img');
+        expect(img).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('does not produce an <svg> element with an onload handler', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<svg onload=alert(1)></svg>');
+        expect(div.querySelector('svg')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('does not keep a javascript: href on an anchor', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<a href="javascript:alert(1)">x</a>');
+        expect(div.querySelector('a[href^="javascript:"]')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('strips event-handler attributes injected via a font tag', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<font color="red" onload="alert(1)">hi</font>');
+        expect(div.querySelector('[onload]')).toBeNull();
+        expect(div.innerHTML.toLowerCase()).not.toContain('onload');
+    });
+
+    it('neutralises numeric-entity-encoded image injection (&#60;img …&#62;)', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('&#60;img src=x onerror=alert(1)&#62;');
+        expect(div.querySelector('img')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('neutralises hex-entity-encoded image injection (&#x3c;img …)', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('&#x3c;img src=x onerror=alert(1)&#x3e;');
+        expect(div.querySelector('img')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('does not allow an arbitrary style/background via font color', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<font color="red;background:url(javascript:alert(1))">hi</font>');
+        expect(div.innerHTML.toLowerCase()).not.toContain('javascript:');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('RoomChatFormatter — legitimate markup is preserved', () =>
+{
+    it('renders [b]…[/b] as <strong>', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('[b]hello[/b]');
+        const strong = div.querySelector('strong');
+        expect(strong).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(strong?.textContent).toBe('hello');
+    });
+
+    it('renders a whitelisted font colour as a coloured span', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<font color="red">hi</font>');
+        const span = div.querySelector('span');
+        expect(span).not.toBeNull();
+        expect((span as HTMLElement).style.color).toBe('red');
+        expect(span?.textContent).toBe('hi');
+    });
+
+    it('drops a non-whitelisted font colour but keeps the inner text', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<font color="notacolour">hi</font>');
+        expect(div.textContent).toContain('hi');
+        expect(div.innerHTML.toLowerCase()).not.toContain('notacolour');
+    });
+
+    it('passes plain text through unchanged', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('just a normal message');
+        expect(div.textContent).toBe('just a normal message');
+    });
+
+    it('converts newlines to <br />', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('line1\nline2');
+        expect(div.querySelectorAll('br').length).toBe(1);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/api/utils/SanitizeHtml.test.ts b/src/api/utils/SanitizeHtml.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3c427b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/utils/SanitizeHtml.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { SanitizeHtml } from './SanitizeHtml';
+
+/**
+ * SanitizeHtml is the project's shared HTML sanitiser (DOMPurify with a fixed
+ * allow-list). It is the load-bearing defence wherever user/server-controlled
+ * strings are rendered via `dangerouslySetInnerHTML`. These tests pin both the
+ * security guarantee (no executable markup survives) and the formatting
+ * guarantee (the limited markup the chat/profile UI relies on is preserved),
+ * using jsdom's real parser as the oracle.
+ */
+const parse = (html: string): HTMLDivElement =>
+{
+    const div = document.createElement('div');
+    div.innerHTML = SanitizeHtml(html);
+    return div;
+};
+
+describe('SanitizeHtml — neutralises dangerous markup', () =>
+{
+    it('removes <script> elements', () =>
+    {
+        expect(parse('<script>alert(1)</script>').querySelector('script')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('strips inline event handlers (onerror) from allowed tags', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>');
+        const img = div.querySelector('img');
+        // img tag itself is allow-listed, but the handler must be gone
+        expect(img?.getAttribute('onerror')).toBeNull();
+        expect(div.innerHTML.toLowerCase()).not.toContain('onerror');
+    });
+
+    it('drops javascript: URLs on anchors', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<a href="javascript:alert(1)">x</a>');
+        expect(div.querySelector('a[href^="javascript:"]')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('removes <svg> and its onload handler', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<svg onload=alert(1)></svg>');
+        expect(div.innerHTML.toLowerCase()).not.toContain('onload');
+    });
+
+    it('removes <iframe> elements', () =>
+    {
+        expect(parse('<iframe src="https://evil.example"></iframe>').querySelector('iframe')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('leaves a plain username untouched', () =>
+    {
+        expect(SanitizeHtml('CoolUser_123')).toBe('CoolUser_123');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('SanitizeHtml — preserves the markup the chat/profile UI relies on', () =>
+{
+    it('keeps <b>/<i>/<u>', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<b>a</b><i>b</i><u>c</u>');
+        expect(div.querySelector('b')).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(div.querySelector('i')).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(div.querySelector('u')).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('keeps <strong>/<em> (RoomChatFormatter output)', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<strong>x</strong><em>y</em>');
+        expect(div.querySelector('strong')).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(div.querySelector('em')).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('keeps a coloured span (RoomChatFormatter output)', () =>
+    {
+        const div = parse('<span style="color:red">hi</span>');
+        const span = div.querySelector('span');
+        expect(span).not.toBeNull();
+        expect((span as HTMLElement).style.color).toBe('red');
+    });
+
+    it('keeps <br>', () =>
+    {
+        expect(parse('a<br />b').querySelectorAll('br').length).toBe(1);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('SanitizeHtml — link safety', () =>
+{
+    it('forces rel="noopener noreferrer" on a target=_blank anchor', () =>
+    {
+        const a = parse('<a href="https://example.com" target="_blank">x</a>').querySelector('a');
+        expect(a).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(a?.getAttribute('rel')).toBe('noopener noreferrer');
+    });
+
+    it('overrides an attacker-supplied rel on a target=_blank anchor', () =>
+    {
+        const a = parse('<a href="https://example.com" target="_blank" rel="opener">x</a>').querySelector('a');
+        expect(a?.getAttribute('rel')).toBe('noopener noreferrer');
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/api/utils/SanitizeHtml.ts b/src/api/utils/SanitizeHtml.ts
index 39af6e9..9d04c44 100644
--- a/src/api/utils/SanitizeHtml.ts
+++ b/src/api/utils/SanitizeHtml.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
 
+// Any link that opens a new browsing context gets a safe rel so it cannot
+// reverse-tabnab the opener. Registered once at module load; applies to every
+// SanitizeHtml() call (and overrides any attacker-supplied rel).
+DOMPurify.addHook('afterSanitizeAttributes', node =>
+{
+    const element = node as Element;
+
+    if((element.tagName === 'A') && element.getAttribute('target'))
+    {
+        element.setAttribute('rel', 'noopener noreferrer');
+    }
+});
+
 export const SanitizeHtml = (html: string): string =>
 {
     return DOMPurify.sanitize(html, {
         ALLOWED_TAGS: [ 'b', 'i', 'u', 'br', 'span', 'div', 'p', 'a', 'strong', 'em', 'img' ],
-        ALLOWED_ATTR: [ 'href', 'target', 'class', 'style', 'src', 'alt' ],
+        ALLOWED_ATTR: [ 'href', 'target', 'class', 'style', 'src', 'alt', 'rel' ],
         ALLOW_DATA_ATTR: false
     });
 };
diff --git a/src/api/utils/index.ts b/src/api/utils/index.ts
index 6e19efc..eb64c68 100644
--- a/src/api/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/api/utils/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export * from './PrefixUtils';
 export * from './ProductImageUtility';
 export * from './Randomizer';
 export * from './RememberLogin';
+export * from './isSafeExternalUrl';
 export * from './RoomChatFormatter';
 export * from './SanitizeHtml';
 export * from './SetLocalStorage';
diff --git a/src/api/utils/isSafeExternalUrl.test.ts b/src/api/utils/isSafeExternalUrl.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e8d5c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/utils/isSafeExternalUrl.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { isSafeExternalUrl } from './isSafeExternalUrl';
+
+/**
+ * Guard for URLs opened from user-controlled content (chat links, external
+ * image/photo links). Only plain web URLs may be opened — never script- or
+ * data-bearing schemes that run in the opener's origin.
+ */
+describe('isSafeExternalUrl', () =>
+{
+    it('accepts http and https URLs', () =>
+    {
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('http://example.com/path')).toBe(true);
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('https://example.com/path?q=1#x')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects javascript: URLs', () =>
+    {
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('javascript:alert(1)')).toBe(false);
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('JavaScript:alert(1)')).toBe(false);
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl(' javascript:alert(1)')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects data: and vbscript: URLs', () =>
+    {
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('data:text/html,<script>alert(1)</script>')).toBe(false);
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('vbscript:msgbox(1)')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects file: and other non-web schemes', () =>
+    {
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('file:///etc/passwd')).toBe(false);
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('about:blank')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects empty / malformed input', () =>
+    {
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('')).toBe(false);
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl(null as unknown as string)).toBe(false);
+        expect(isSafeExternalUrl('not a url')).toBe(false);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/api/utils/isSafeExternalUrl.ts b/src/api/utils/isSafeExternalUrl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e11cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/utils/isSafeExternalUrl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Returns true only for plain web URLs (http/https). Used to gate URLs that
+ * originate from user-controlled content before they are opened — never let a
+ * `javascript:`, `data:`, `vbscript:`, `file:` … scheme reach `window.open`,
+ * which would run in the opener's origin.
+ */
+export const isSafeExternalUrl = (url: string): boolean =>
+{
+    if(!url || (typeof url !== 'string')) return false;
+
+    try
+    {
+        const protocol = new URL(url.trim()).protocol;
+
+        return ((protocol === 'http:') || (protocol === 'https:'));
+    }
+    catch
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/components/chat-history/ChatHistoryView.tsx b/src/components/chat-history/ChatHistoryView.tsx
index 0a1283e..c0f5d5b 100644
--- a/src/components/chat-history/ChatHistoryView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/chat-history/ChatHistoryView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AddLinkEventTracker, ILinkEventTracker, RemoveLinkEventTracker } from '@nitrots/nitro-renderer';
 import { FC, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { ChatEntryType, LocalizeText } from '../../api';
+import { ChatEntryType, LocalizeText, SanitizeHtml } from '../../api';
 import { Flex, NitroCardContentView, NitroCardHeaderView, NitroCardTabsItemView, NitroCardTabsView, NitroCardView, Text } from '../../common';
 import { useChatHistory, useMentionActions, useMentionsSnapshot, useOnClickChat } from '../../hooks';
 import { useUserDataSnapshot } from '../../hooks/session/useSessionSnapshots';
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ export const ChatHistoryView: FC<{}> = props =>
                                             )}
                                         </div>
                                         <div className="chat-content">
-                                            <b className="mr-1 username" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: `${row.name}: ` }} />
-                                            <span className="message" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: `${row.message}` }} onClick={ onClickChat } />
+                                            <b className="mr-1 username" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: SanitizeHtml(`${row.name}: `) }} />
+                                            <span className="message" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: SanitizeHtml(`${row.message}`) }} onClick={ onClickChat } />
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
diff --git a/src/components/guide-tool/GuideToolView.tsx b/src/components/guide-tool/GuideToolView.tsx
index 3fa3bb3..df9acfa 100644
--- a/src/components/guide-tool/GuideToolView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/guide-tool/GuideToolView.tsx
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ export const GuideToolView: FC<{}> = props =>
                 return;
             case 'forum_link':
                 const url: string = GetConfigurationValue<string>('group.homepage.url', '').replace('%groupid%', GetConfigurationValue<string>('guide.help.alpha.groupid', '0'));
-                window.open(url);
+                window.open(url, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer');
                 return;
         }
     }, [ isHandlingBullyReports, isHandlingGuideRequests, isHandlingHelpRequests, simpleAlert ]);
diff --git a/src/components/help/views/SelectReportedUserView.tsx b/src/components/help/views/SelectReportedUserView.tsx
index 24233a7..1e40801 100644
--- a/src/components/help/views/SelectReportedUserView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/help/views/SelectReportedUserView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { GetSessionDataManager, RoomObjectType } from '@nitrots/nitro-renderer';
 import { FC, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
-import { ChatEntryType, IReportedUser, LocalizeText, ReportState } from '../../../api';
+import { ChatEntryType, IReportedUser, LocalizeText, ReportState, SanitizeHtml } from '../../../api';
 import { AutoGrid, Button, Column, Flex, LayoutGridItem, Text } from '../../../common';
 import { useChatHistory, useHelp } from '../../../hooks';
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export const SelectReportedUserView: FC<{}> = props =>
                         {
                             return (
                                 <LayoutGridItem key={ user.id } itemActive={ (selectedUserId === user.id) } onClick={ event => selectUser(user.id) }>
-                                    <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: (user.username) } } />
+                                    <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(user.username) } } />
                                 </LayoutGridItem>
                             );
                         }) }
diff --git a/src/components/notification-center/views/alert-layouts/NotificationDefaultAlertView.tsx b/src/components/notification-center/views/alert-layouts/NotificationDefaultAlertView.tsx
index 14c289d..629ff07 100644
--- a/src/components/notification-center/views/alert-layouts/NotificationDefaultAlertView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/notification-center/views/alert-layouts/NotificationDefaultAlertView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { FC, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
-import { DispatchUiEvent, LocalizeText, NotificationAlertItem, NotificationAlertType, OpenUrl, RoomWidgetUpdateChatInputContentEvent } from '../../../../api';
+import { DispatchUiEvent, LocalizeText, NotificationAlertItem, NotificationAlertType, OpenUrl, RoomWidgetUpdateChatInputContentEvent, SanitizeHtml } from '../../../../api';
 import { Button, Column, Flex, LayoutNotificationAlertView, LayoutNotificationAlertViewProps } from '../../../../common';
 
 interface NotificationDefaultAlertViewProps extends LayoutNotificationAlertViewProps
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export const NotificationDefaultAlertView: FC<NotificationDefaultAlertViewProps>
                     {
                         const htmlText = message.replace(/\r\n|\r|\n/g, '<br />');
 
-                        return <div key={ index } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: htmlText } } />;
+                        return <div key={ index } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(htmlText) } } />;
                     }) }
                     { item.clickUrl && (item.clickUrl.length > 0) && (item.imageUrl && !imageFailed) && <>
                         <hr className="my-2 w-full" />
diff --git a/src/components/notification-center/views/bubble-layouts/NotificationDefaultBubbleView.tsx b/src/components/notification-center/views/bubble-layouts/NotificationDefaultBubbleView.tsx
index d011269..f7b5f43 100644
--- a/src/components/notification-center/views/bubble-layouts/NotificationDefaultBubbleView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/notification-center/views/bubble-layouts/NotificationDefaultBubbleView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { FC } from 'react';
-import { NotificationBubbleItem, OpenUrl } from '../../../../api';
+import { NotificationBubbleItem, OpenUrl, SanitizeHtml } from '../../../../api';
 import { Flex, LayoutNotificationBubbleView, LayoutNotificationBubbleViewProps, Text } from '../../../../common';
 
 export interface NotificationDefaultBubbleViewProps extends LayoutNotificationBubbleViewProps
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const NotificationDefaultBubbleView: FC<NotificationDefaultBubbleViewProp
                 { (item.iconUrl && item.iconUrl.length) &&
                     <img alt="" className="no-select" src={ item.iconUrl } /> }
             </Flex>
-            <Text wrap dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: htmlText } } variant="white" />
+            <Text wrap dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(htmlText) } } variant="white" />
         </LayoutNotificationBubbleView>
     );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/room/widgets/avatar-info/menu/AvatarInfoWidgetAvatarView.tsx b/src/components/room/widgets/avatar-info/menu/AvatarInfoWidgetAvatarView.tsx
index d5e1c19..45d7fa6 100644
--- a/src/components/room/widgets/avatar-info/menu/AvatarInfoWidgetAvatarView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/room/widgets/avatar-info/menu/AvatarInfoWidgetAvatarView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { CreateLinkEvent, FlatControllerAddedEvent, FlatControllerRemovedEvent, GetSessionDataManager, RoomControllerLevel, RoomObjectCategory, RoomObjectVariable, RoomUnitGiveHandItemComposer, SetRelationshipStatusComposer, TradingOpenComposer } from '@nitrots/nitro-renderer';
 import { FC, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { FaChevronLeft, FaChevronRight } from 'react-icons/fa';
-import { AvatarInfoUser, DispatchUiEvent, GetOwnRoomObject, GetUserProfile, LocalizeText, MessengerFriend, ReportType, RoomWidgetUpdateChatInputContentEvent, SendMessageComposer } from '../../../../../api';
+import { AvatarInfoUser, DispatchUiEvent, GetOwnRoomObject, GetUserProfile, LocalizeText, MessengerFriend, ReportType, RoomWidgetUpdateChatInputContentEvent, SanitizeHtml, SendMessageComposer } from '../../../../../api';
 import { Flex } from '../../../../../common';
 import { useFriends, useHelp, useIsUserIgnored, useMessageEvent, useRoom, useSessionInfo, useWiredTools } from '../../../../../hooks';
 import { ContextMenuHeaderView } from '../../context-menu/ContextMenuHeaderView';
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ export const AvatarInfoWidgetAvatarView: FC<AvatarInfoWidgetAvatarViewProps> = p
 
     return (
         <ContextMenuView category={ RoomObjectCategory.UNIT } classNames={ [ 'nitro-avatar-action-menu' ] } collapsable={ true } objectId={ avatarInfo.roomIndex } userType={ avatarInfo.userType } onClose={ onClose }>
-            <ContextMenuHeaderView className="cursor-pointer" onClick={ event => GetUserProfile(avatarInfo.webID) } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: `${ avatarInfo.name }` } }></ContextMenuHeaderView>
+            <ContextMenuHeaderView className="cursor-pointer" onClick={ event => GetUserProfile(avatarInfo.webID) } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(`${ avatarInfo.name }`) } }></ContextMenuHeaderView>
             { (mode === MODE_NORMAL) &&
                 <>
                     { canRequestFriend(avatarInfo.webID) &&
diff --git a/src/components/room/widgets/avatar-info/menu/AvatarInfoWidgetNameView.tsx b/src/components/room/widgets/avatar-info/menu/AvatarInfoWidgetNameView.tsx
index bfa7b41..c79ca57 100644
--- a/src/components/room/widgets/avatar-info/menu/AvatarInfoWidgetNameView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/room/widgets/avatar-info/menu/AvatarInfoWidgetNameView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { GetSessionDataManager } from '@nitrots/nitro-renderer';
 import { FC, useMemo } from 'react';
-import { AvatarInfoName } from '../../../../../api';
+import { AvatarInfoName, SanitizeHtml } from '../../../../../api';
 import { ContextMenuView } from '../../context-menu/ContextMenuView';
 
 interface AvatarInfoWidgetNameViewProps
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const AvatarInfoWidgetNameView: FC<AvatarInfoWidgetNameViewProps> = props
 
     return (
         <ContextMenuView category={ nameInfo.category } classNames={ getClassNames } fades={ (nameInfo.id !== GetSessionDataManager().userId) } objectId={ nameInfo.roomIndex } userType={ nameInfo.userType } onClose={ onClose }>
-            <div className="text-shadow" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: `${ nameInfo.name }` } }></div>
+            <div className="text-shadow" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(`${ nameInfo.name }`) } }></div>
         </ContextMenuView>
     );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/room/widgets/chat/ChatWidgetWindowView.tsx b/src/components/room/widgets/chat/ChatWidgetWindowView.tsx
index 7734bd8..c756ccc 100644
--- a/src/components/room/widgets/chat/ChatWidgetWindowView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/room/widgets/chat/ChatWidgetWindowView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { GetSessionDataManager, RoomObjectType } from '@nitrots/nitro-renderer';
 import { FC, UIEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { ChatEntryType, LocalizeText } from '../../../../api';
+import { ChatEntryType, LocalizeText, SanitizeHtml } from '../../../../api';
 import { DraggableWindowPosition, NitroCardContentView, NitroCardHeaderView, NitroCardView } from '../../../../common';
 import { useChatHistory, useChatWindow, useOnClickChat } from '../../../../hooks';
 import { useRoom } from '../../../../hooks/rooms';
@@ -133,18 +133,18 @@ export const ChatWidgetWindowView: FC<{}> = () =>
                                 { hideBalloons && !hideAvatars && <div className={ `w-[65px] h-[55px] shrink-0 mt-[-18px] rounded-sm bg-no-repeat bg-center scale-70 ${ isOwnMessage ? 'order-2' : '' }` } style={ chat.imageUrl ? { backgroundImage: `url(${ chat.imageUrl })` } : undefined } /> }
                                 { hideBalloons && (
                                     <div onClick={ onClickChat }>
-                                        <b dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: `${ chat.name }: ` } } />
+                                        <b dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(`${ chat.name }: `) } } />
                                         { !chat.showTranslation &&
-                                            <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: chat.message } } /> }
+                                            <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(chat.message) } } /> }
                                         { chat.showTranslation &&
                                             <div className="mt-[2px] flex flex-col gap-[2px]">
                                                 <div className="flex items-start gap-1 leading-[1.15]">
                                                     <span className="inline-block min-w-[52px] font-bold opacity-75">original:</span>
-                                                    <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: chat.originalMessage || chat.message || '' } } />
+                                                    <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(chat.originalMessage || chat.message || '') } } />
                                                 </div>
                                                 <div className="flex items-start gap-1 leading-[1.15]">
                                                     <span className="inline-block min-w-[52px] font-bold opacity-75">translate:</span>
-                                                    <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: chat.translatedMessage || chat.message || '' } } />
+                                                    <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(chat.translatedMessage || chat.message || '') } } />
                                                 </div>
                                             </div> }
                                     </div>
@@ -161,18 +161,18 @@ export const ChatWidgetWindowView: FC<{}> = () =>
                                                 ) }
                                             </div>
                                             <div className={ `chat-content py-[5px] px-[6px] leading-none min-h-[25px] ${ !hideAvatars ? (isOwnMessage ? 'mr-[27px]' : 'ml-[27px]') : '' }` }>
-                                                <b className="username" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: `${ chat.name }: ` } } />
+                                                <b className="username" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(`${ chat.name }: `) } } />
                                                 { !chat.showTranslation &&
-                                                    <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: `${ chat.message }` } } onClick={ onClickChat } /> }
+                                                    <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(`${ chat.message }`) } } onClick={ onClickChat } /> }
                                                 { chat.showTranslation &&
                                                     <div className="mt-[2px] flex flex-col gap-[2px]" onClick={ onClickChat }>
                                                         <div className="flex items-start gap-1 leading-[1.1]">
                                                             <span className="inline-block min-w-[52px] font-bold" style={ { opacity: 0.75 } }>original:</span>
-                                                            <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: `${ chat.originalMessage || chat.message || '' }` } } />
+                                                            <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(`${ chat.originalMessage || chat.message || '' }`) } } />
                                                         </div>
                                                         <div className="flex items-start gap-1 leading-[1.1]">
                                                             <span className="inline-block min-w-[52px] font-bold" style={ { opacity: 0.75 } }>translate:</span>
-                                                            <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: `${ chat.translatedMessage || chat.message || '' }` } } />
+                                                            <span className={ messageClassName } dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: SanitizeHtml(`${ chat.translatedMessage || chat.message || '' }`) } } />
                                                         </div>
                                                     </div> }
                                             </div>
diff --git a/src/components/room/widgets/furniture/FurnitureExternalImageView.tsx b/src/components/room/widgets/furniture/FurnitureExternalImageView.tsx
index f55ac1e..14c66af 100644
--- a/src/components/room/widgets/furniture/FurnitureExternalImageView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/room/widgets/furniture/FurnitureExternalImageView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { FC } from 'react';
 import { GetSessionDataManager } from '@nitrots/nitro-renderer';
-import { GetConfigurationValue, LocalizeText, ReportType } from '../../../../api';
+import { GetConfigurationValue, isSafeExternalUrl, LocalizeText, ReportType } from '../../../../api';
 import { NitroCardContentView, NitroCardHeaderView, NitroCardView } from '../../../../common';
 import { useFurnitureExternalImageWidget, useHelp } from '../../../../hooks';
 import { CameraWidgetShowPhotoView } from '../../../camera/views/CameraWidgetShowPhotoView';
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ export const FurnitureExternalImageView: FC<{}> = props =>
     const handleOpenFullPhoto = () =>
     {
         const photoUrl = currentPhotos[currentPhotoIndex].w.replace('_small.png', '.png');
-        if (photoUrl)
+        if (photoUrl && isSafeExternalUrl(photoUrl))
         {
-            console.log('Opened photo URL:', photoUrl);
-            window.open(photoUrl, '_blank');
+            window.open(photoUrl, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer');
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/components/toolbar/YouTubePlayerView.tsx b/src/components/toolbar/YouTubePlayerView.tsx
index c4c5849..f2f5504 100644
--- a/src/components/toolbar/YouTubePlayerView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/toolbar/YouTubePlayerView.tsx
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ export const YouTubePlayerView: FC<{}> = () =>
                                             const url = `https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=${encodeURIComponent(
                                                 'Now watching: https://youtube.com/watch?v=${videoId}',
                                             )}`;
-                                            window.open(url, '_blank');
+                                            window.open(url, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer');
                                         }
                                     }}
                                     disabled={!videoId}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useOnClickChat.ts b/src/hooks/useOnClickChat.ts
index 96e2ae1..67589e1 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useOnClickChat.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useOnClickChat.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useBetween } from 'use-between';
-import { LocalizeText } from '../api';
+import { isSafeExternalUrl, LocalizeText } from '../api';
 import { useNotification } from './notification';
 
 const useOnClickChatState = () =>
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ const useOnClickChatState = () =>
 
         const url = event.target.href;
 
+        // Never open a URL that came from chat unless it is a plain web link —
+        // a javascript:/data: href would otherwise run in our origin.
+        if(!isSafeExternalUrl(url)) return;
+
         showConfirm(LocalizeText('chat.confirm.openurl', [ 'url' ], [ url ]), () =>
         {
-            window.open(url, '_blank');
+            window.open(url, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer');
         }, null, null, null, LocalizeText('generic.alert.title'), null);
     };