diff --git a/server/src/controllers/form.ts b/server/src/controllers/form.ts
index 7c70828..8406570 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/form.ts
+++ b/server/src/controllers/form.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { FORM_CSS } from '../../../admin/src/form-css';
+import { isSafeRedirect } from '../lib/embed';
 
 const PLUGIN_ID = 'strapi-plugin-form-builder-cms';
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ function publicPageHtml(form: any): string {
 function embedScript(): string {
   return `(function () {
   var PLUGIN = 'strapi-plugin-form-builder-cms';
+  var isSafeRedirect = ${isSafeRedirect.toString()};
 
   function init() {
     document.querySelectorAll('script[data-form-id]').forEach(function (script) {
@@ -228,11 +230,7 @@ function embedScript(): string {
           // redirect after submit, if configured — only to an http(s) or relative URL,
           // so a "javascript:"/"data:" value can never run as an open-redirect/XSS.
           var redirect = form.settings && form.settings.redirectUrl;
-          if (redirect) {
-            var safe = false;
-            try { var ru = new URL(redirect, window.location.href); safe = ru.protocol === 'http:' || ru.protocol === 'https:'; } catch (e) { safe = false; }
-            if (safe) { window.location.href = redirect; return; }
-          }
+          if (redirect && isSafeRedirect(redirect, window.location.href)) { window.location.href = redirect; return; }
           // otherwise show the success message — wrapped in .sfb-form + re-applying the
           // theme so it stays styled (the themed <form> we just cleared is gone)
           var wrap = document.createElement('div');
diff --git a/server/src/lib/embed.ts b/server/src/lib/embed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9869e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/lib/embed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Pure helpers for the embed runtime. These are injected into the served embed
+ * script via `.toString()`, so the browser runs the exact code covered by tests
+ * here — no drift between the tested function and the shipped one. Keep them
+ * self-contained (globals only, no imports) so the stringified source runs
+ * standalone in the browser.
+ */
+
+/** Is a post-submit redirect target safe to navigate to (http/https/relative only)? */
+export function isSafeRedirect(url: string, base: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const u = new URL(url, base);
+    return u.protocol === 'http:' || u.protocol === 'https:';
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/redirect.test.ts b/tests/redirect.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e35fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/redirect.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { isSafeRedirect } from '../server/src/lib/embed';
+
+const BASE = 'https://acme.co/contact';
+
+describe('isSafeRedirect (post-submit redirect guard)', () => {
+  it('allows absolute http(s) URLs', () => {
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('https://acme.co/thanks', BASE)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('http://acme.co/thanks', BASE)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('allows relative paths (resolved against the current page)', () => {
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('/thanks', BASE)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('thank-you', BASE)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('blocks javascript: and data: URLs (XSS / open-redirect)', () => {
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('javascript:alert(1)', BASE)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('JavaScript:alert(1)', BASE)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('data:text/html,<script>alert(1)</script>', BASE)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('blocks other non-http protocols', () => {
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('mailto:x@y.com', BASE)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('ftp://acme.co/f', BASE)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeRedirect('tel:+123', BASE)).toBe(false);
+  });
+  // note: an empty string is filtered upstream by the `redirect && …` guard in the embed,
+  // so it never reaches isSafeRedirect (where, against a base, it would resolve to the page).
+});