diff --git a/app/Util/HtmlContentFilter.php b/app/Util/HtmlContentFilter.php
index 729b80474..f3f29ae04 100644
--- a/app/Util/HtmlContentFilter.php
+++ b/app/Util/HtmlContentFilter.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace BookStack\Util;
 
+use DOMAttr;
 use DOMDocument;
 use DOMNodeList;
 use DOMXPath;
@@ -43,13 +44,14 @@ class HtmlContentFilter
         $badIframes = $xPath->query('//*[' . static::xpathContains('@src', 'data:') . '] | //*[' . static::xpathContains('@src', 'javascript:') . '] | //*[@srcdoc]');
         static::removeNodes($badIframes);
 
+        // Remove elements with a xlink:href attribute
+        // Used in SVG but deprecated anyway, so we'll be a bit more heavy-handed here.
+        $xlinkHrefAttributes = $xPath->query('//@*[contains(name(), \'xlink:href\')]');
+        static::removeAttributes($xlinkHrefAttributes);
+
         // Remove 'on*' attributes
         $onAttributes = $xPath->query('//@*[starts-with(name(), \'on\')]');
-        foreach ($onAttributes as $attr) {
-            /** @var \DOMAttr $attr */
-            $attrName = $attr->nodeName;
-            $attr->parentNode->removeAttribute($attrName);
-        }
+        static::removeAttributes($onAttributes);
 
         $html = '';
         $topElems = $doc->documentElement->childNodes->item(0)->childNodes;
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ class HtmlContentFilter
     }
 
     /**
-     * Removed all of the given DOMNodes.
+     * Remove all the given DOMNodes.
      */
     protected static function removeNodes(DOMNodeList $nodes): void
     {
@@ -80,4 +82,16 @@ class HtmlContentFilter
             $node->parentNode->removeChild($node);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove all the given attribute nodes.
+     */
+    protected static function removeAttributes(DOMNodeList $attrs): void
+    {
+        /** @var DOMAttr $attr */
+        foreach ($attrs as $attr) {
+            $attrName = $attr->nodeName;
+            $attr->parentNode->removeAttribute($attrName);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Entity/PageContentTest.php b/tests/Entity/PageContentTest.php
index 193f81400..1b2ce2db2 100644
--- a/tests/Entity/PageContentTest.php
+++ b/tests/Entity/PageContentTest.php
@@ -305,6 +305,28 @@ class PageContentTest extends TestCase
         $pageView->assertDontSee('abc123abc123');
     }
 
+    public function test_svg_xlink_hrefs_are_removed()
+    {
+        $checks = [
+            '<svg id="test" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="100" height="100"><a xlink:href="javascript:alert(document.domain)"><rect x="0" y="0" width="100" height="100" /></a></svg>',
+            '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><use xlink:href="data:application/xml;base64 ,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHhtbG5zOnhsaW5rPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8xOTk5L3hsaW5rIj4KPGRlZnM+CjxjaXJjbGUgaWQ9InRlc3QiIHI9IjAiIGN4PSIwIiBjeT0iMCIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6ICNGMDAiPgo8c2V0IGF0dHJpYnV0ZU5hbWU9ImZpbGwiIGF0dHJpYnV0ZVR5cGU9IkNTUyIgb25iZWdpbj0nYWxlcnQoZG9jdW1lbnQuZG9tYWluKScKb25lbmQ9J2FsZXJ0KCJvbmVuZCIpJyB0bz0iIzAwRiIgYmVnaW49IjBzIiBkdXI9Ijk5OXMiIC8+CjwvY2lyY2xlPgo8L2RlZnM+Cjx1c2UgeGxpbms6aHJlZj0iI3Rlc3QiLz4KPC9zdmc+#test"/></svg>'
+        ];
+
+        $this->asEditor();
+        $page = Page::query()->first();
+
+        foreach ($checks as $check) {
+            $page->html = $check;
+            $page->save();
+
+            $pageView = $this->get($page->getUrl());
+            $pageView->assertStatus(200);
+            $pageView->assertElementNotContains('.page-content', 'alert');
+            $pageView->assertElementNotContains('.page-content', 'xlink:href');
+            $pageView->assertElementNotContains('.page-content', 'application/xml');
+        }
+    }
+
     public function test_page_inline_on_attributes_show_if_configured()
     {
         $this->asEditor();