diff --git a/frontend/src/Editor/Components/Html.jsx b/frontend/src/Editor/Components/Html.jsx
index d192ec1f5b..fa803e74f3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Editor/Components/Html.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Editor/Components/Html.jsx
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ export const Html = function ({ height, properties, styles, darkMode, dataCy })
   useEffect(() => {
     setRawHtml(stringifyHTML);
   }, [stringifyHTML]);
+  DOMPurify.addHook('afterSanitizeAttributes', function (node) {
+    // set all elements owning target to target=_blank
+    if ('target' in node) {
+      node.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
+      node.setAttribute('rel', 'noopener');
+    }
+  });
 
   return (
     <div style={{ display: visibility ? '' : 'none', width: '100%', height, overflowY: 'auto' }} data-cy={dataCy}>