diff --git a/doc/Development_Documentation/03_Documents/01_Editables/18_Link.md b/doc/Development_Documentation/03_Documents/01_Editables/18_Link.md
index 7c01e3fa30a..5025dcc0231 100644
--- a/doc/Development_Documentation/03_Documents/01_Editables/18_Link.md
+++ b/doc/Development_Documentation/03_Documents/01_Editables/18_Link.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The link editable is used for dynamic link creation in documents.
 
 ## Configuration
 
-You can pass every valid attribute an `<a>`-tag can have ([w3.org - Link](https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/textlevel-semantics.html#the-a-element)), 
+You can pass nearly every valid attribute an `<a>`-tag can have ([w3.org - Link](https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/textlevel-semantics.html#the-a-element)), 
 such as: `class`, `target`, `id`, `style`, `accesskey`, `name`, `title`, `data-*`, `aria-*` and additionally the following: 
 
 | Name     | Type     | Description                                                             |
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ such as: `class`, `target`, `id`, `style`, `accesskey`, `name`, `title`, `data-*
 | `noText` | boolean  | If you need only the `<a>` tag without text (or only with an textSuffix/TextPrefix)    |
 | `required` | boolean/string  | (default: false) set to true to make link and text required for publish, set to "linkonly" to make only the link required for publish    |
 
+> For security reasons we created an [allow list](https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/blob/9bf18aca55e5303661c68835c950412a428cf616/models/Document/Editable/Link.php#L115-L141) to filter harmfull html attributes. For example all `on*` attributes will be filtered out!
+
 ## Methods
 
 | Name              | Return      | Description                          |
diff --git a/doc/Development_Documentation/23_Installation_and_Upgrade/09_Upgrade_Notes/README.md b/doc/Development_Documentation/23_Installation_and_Upgrade/09_Upgrade_Notes/README.md
index 3a870e9a793..6dd36a895ca 100644
--- a/doc/Development_Documentation/23_Installation_and_Upgrade/09_Upgrade_Notes/README.md
+++ b/doc/Development_Documentation/23_Installation_and_Upgrade/09_Upgrade_Notes/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 10.5.21
 - [Assets] The Asset `Import from Server` feature is now only available for admins. It will be removed in Pimcore 11
+- [Editable] Removed all `on*` attributes from the `$allowedAttributes` list due to security reasons. These attributes are not allowed anymore in the "attributes" field.
 
 ## 10.5.13
 - [Web2Print] Print document twig expressions are now executed in a sandbox with restrictive security policies (just like Sending mails and Dataobject Text Layouts introduced in 10.5.9).
diff --git a/lib/Security/SecurityHelper.php b/lib/Security/SecurityHelper.php
index bc1f9f537c4..9deeb9d4dbd 100644
--- a/lib/Security/SecurityHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Security/SecurityHelper.php
@@ -37,4 +37,13 @@ public static function convertHtmlSpecialCharsArrayKeys(array &$array, array $ke
             }
         }
     }
+
+    public static function sanitizeHtmlAttributes(?string $text): ?string
+    {
+        if(is_string($text)) {
+            return preg_replace('/[\/"\'\\\]/', '', $text);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/models/Document/Editable/Link.php b/models/Document/Editable/Link.php
index d86fc3202b0..52cf9ee2f3d 100644
--- a/models/Document/Editable/Link.php
+++ b/models/Document/Editable/Link.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use Pimcore\Model;
 use Pimcore\Model\Asset;
 use Pimcore\Model\Document;
+use Pimcore\Security\SecurityHelper;
 
 /**
  * @method \Pimcore\Model\Document\Editable\Dao getDao()
@@ -136,19 +137,7 @@ public function frontend()
                 'ping',
                 'type',
                 'referrerpolicy',
-                'xml:lang',
-                'onblur',
-                'onclick',
-                'ondblclick',
-                'onfocus',
-                'onmousedown',
-                'onmousemove',
-                'onmouseout',
-                'onmouseover',
-                'onmouseup',
-                'onkeydown',
-                'onkeypress',
-                'onkeyup',
+                'xml:lang'
             ];
             $defaultAttributes = [];
 
@@ -166,9 +155,9 @@ public function frontend()
                         strpos($key, 'aria-') === 0 ||
                         in_array($key, $allowedAttributes))) {
                     if (!empty($this->data[$key]) && !empty($this->config[$key])) {
-                        $attribs[] = $key.'="'. $this->data[$key] .' '. $this->config[$key] .'"';
+                        $attribs[] = $key.'="'. SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($this->data[$key]) .' '. SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($this->config[$key]) .'"';
                     } elseif (!empty($value)) {
-                        $attribs[] = $key.'="'.$value.'"';
+                        $attribs[] = $key.'="'.SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($value).'"';
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -242,8 +231,7 @@ public function getHref()
         }
 
         if (strlen($this->data['anchor'] ?? '') > 0) {
-            $anchor = $this->getAnchor();
-            $anchor = str_replace('"', urlencode('"'), $anchor);
+            $anchor = str_replace('"', urlencode('"'), $this->getAnchor());
             $url .= '#' . str_replace('#', '', $anchor);
         }
 
@@ -299,6 +287,10 @@ private function updatePathFromInternal($realPath = false, $editmode = false)
             }
         }
 
+        if($editmode) {
+            unset($this->data['attributes']);
+        }
+
         // sanitize attributes
         if (isset($this->data['attributes'])) {
             $this->data['attributes'] = htmlspecialchars($this->data['attributes'], HTML_ENTITIES);
@@ -340,7 +332,7 @@ public function getTarget()
      */
     public function getParameters()
     {
-        return $this->data['parameters'] ?? '';
+        return SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($this->data['parameters']) ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -348,7 +340,7 @@ public function getParameters()
      */
     public function getAnchor()
     {
-        return $this->data['anchor'] ?? '';
+        return SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($this->data['anchor']) ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -364,7 +356,7 @@ public function getTitle()
      */
     public function getRel()
     {
-        return $this->data['rel'] ?? '';
+        return SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($this->data['rel']) ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -372,7 +364,7 @@ public function getRel()
      */
     public function getTabindex()
     {
-        return $this->data['tabindex'] ?? '';
+        return SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($this->data['tabindex']) ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -380,7 +372,7 @@ public function getTabindex()
      */
     public function getAccesskey()
     {
-        return $this->data['accesskey'] ?? '';
+        return SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($this->data['accesskey']) ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -388,7 +380,7 @@ public function getAccesskey()
      */
     public function getClass()
     {
-        return $this->data['class'] ?? '';
+        return SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($this->data['class']) ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -409,6 +401,14 @@ public function setDataFromResource($data)
             $this->data = [];
         }
 
+        //sanitize fields
+        $fieldsToExclude = ['path'];
+        foreach($this->data as $key => $value) {
+            if(!in_array($key, $fieldsToExclude)) {
+                $this->data[$key] = SecurityHelper::sanitizeHtmlAttributes($value);
+            }
+        }
+
         return $this;
     }