diff --git a/components/Markdown.vue b/components/Markdown.vue
index 7ceeb81d..745904dc 100644
--- a/components/Markdown.vue
+++ b/components/Markdown.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed } from "vue";
 import { marked } from "marked";
+import { sanitize } from "~/src/domain/services/sanitizer";
 import { onMounted, ref, useRestApi, watch } from "#imports";
 
 const props = defineProps({
@@ -15,8 +16,6 @@ const props = defineProps({
   }
 });
 
-const rest = useRestApi().value;
-
 const sanitizedDescription = ref("");
 
 const options = {
@@ -34,83 +33,13 @@ onMounted(() => {
   sanitizeDescription();
 });
 
-function markdown (src: string) {
+function convert_markdown_to_html (src: string) {
   return marked(src, options);
 }
 
 async function sanitizeDescription () {
-  // Get the original not sanitized markdown string.
-  const description = markdown(props.source);
-
-  // Replace the img src's with a random id and return a map
-  // of these ids mapped to the original url.
-  const [filteredDescriptionWithImageIds, imageIdUrlMap] = filterDescriptionImagesWithRandomIds(description);
-
-  // Get the image data using the backend's image proxy.
-  const imageIdDataUrlMap = await getImageDataUrlsFromUrls(imageIdUrlMap);
-
-  // Replace the img id's with the proxied sources.
-  sanitizedDescription.value = replaceDescriptionImageIdsWithDataUrls(filteredDescriptionWithImageIds, imageIdDataUrlMap);
-}
-
-function filterDescriptionImagesWithRandomIds (description: string): [string, Map<string, string>] {
-  const filteredImageMap = new Map();
-
-  // Replace all image urls with a random id.
-  description = description.replace(/img src="(.*?)"/gi, (match, url): string => {
-    const imageId = randomId(32);
-
-    filteredImageMap.set(imageId, url);
-
-    return `img src="${imageId}"`;
-  });
-
-  return [description, filteredImageMap];
-}
-
-async function getImageDataUrlsFromUrls (imageMap: Map<string, string>): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
-  const imageDataMap: Map<string, string> = new Map();
-
-  for (const [id, url] of imageMap) {
-    const imageBlob = await rest.torrent.proxiedImage(url);
-    const imageDataUrl = await blobToDataURL(imageBlob);
-
-    imageDataMap.set(id, imageDataUrl);
-  }
-
-  return imageDataMap;
-}
-
-function blobToDataURL (blob: Blob): Promise<string> {
-  return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
-    const reader = new FileReader();
-    reader.onload = _e => resolve(reader.result as string);
-    reader.onerror = _e => reject(reader.error);
-    reader.onabort = _e => reject(new Error("Read aborted"));
-    reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
-  });
-}
-
-function replaceDescriptionImageIdsWithDataUrls (description: string, imageIdDataUrlMap: Map<string, string>): string {
-  imageIdDataUrlMap.forEach((dataUrl, id) => {
-    description = description.replace(id, dataUrl);
-  });
-
-  return description;
-}
-
-function randomId (length: number) {
-  let result = "";
-  const characters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
-  const charactersLength = characters.length;
-  let counter = 0;
-
-  while (counter < length) {
-    result += characters.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * charactersLength));
-    counter += 1;
-  }
-
-  return result;
+  const html = convert_markdown_to_html(props.source);
+  sanitizedDescription.value = await sanitize(html);
 }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c8128eb8..02dc0887 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@heroicons/vue": "^2.0.18",
         "daisyui": "^3.1.7",
+        "dompurify": "^3.0.4",
         "marked": "^5.1.0",
         "notiwind-ts": "^2.0.2",
         "torrust-index-api-lib": "^0.2.0",
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
         "@nuxtjs/eslint-config-typescript": "^12.0.0",
         "@nuxtjs/tailwindcss": "^6.8.0",
         "@tailwindcss/typography": "^0.5.9",
+        "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.2",
         "@types/marked": "^5.0.0",
         "@types/node": "^20.3.2",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.60.0",
@@ -2826,6 +2828,15 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/dompurify": {
+      "version": "3.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/dompurify/-/dompurify-3.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YBL4ziFebbbfQfH5mlC+QTJsvh0oJUrWbmxKMyEdL7emlHJqGR2Qb34TEFKj+VCayBvjKy3xczMFNhugThUsfQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/trusted-types": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/eslint": {
       "version": "8.40.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/eslint/-/eslint-8.40.2.tgz",
@@ -2922,6 +2933,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-JYM8x9EGF163bEyhdJBpR2QX1R5naCJHC8ucJylJ3w9/CVBaskdQ8WqBf8MmQrd1kRvp/a4TS8HJ+bxzR7ZJYQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/trusted-types": {
+      "version": "2.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/trusted-types/-/trusted-types-2.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NfQ4gyz38SL8sDNrSixxU2Os1a5xcdFxipAFxYEuLUlvU2uDwS4NUpsImcf1//SlWItCVMMLiylsxbmNMToV/g==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/yauzl": {
       "version": "2.10.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/yauzl/-/yauzl-2.10.0.tgz",
@@ -6512,6 +6529,11 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/fb55/domhandler?sponsor=1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/dompurify": {
+      "version": "3.0.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-3.0.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ae0mA+Qiqp6C29pqZX3fQgK+F91+F7wobM/v8DRzDqJdZJELXiFUx4PP4pK/mzUS0xkiSEx3Ncd9gr69jg3YsQ=="
+    },
     "node_modules/domutils": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/domutils/-/domutils-3.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a88fb3f5..b9636041 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "@nuxtjs/eslint-config-typescript": "^12.0.0",
     "@nuxtjs/tailwindcss": "^6.8.0",
     "@tailwindcss/typography": "^0.5.9",
+    "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.2",
     "@types/marked": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^20.3.2",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.60.0",
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@heroicons/vue": "^2.0.18",
     "daisyui": "^3.1.7",
+    "dompurify": "^3.0.4",
     "marked": "^5.1.0",
     "notiwind-ts": "^2.0.2",
     "torrust-index-api-lib": "^0.2.0",
diff --git a/project-words.txt b/project-words.txt
index 1a1ceb01..7bfebf84 100644
--- a/project-words.txt
+++ b/project-words.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 composables
+dompurify
 heroicons
 notiwind
 Nuxt
diff --git a/src/domain/services/sanitizer.ts b/src/domain/services/sanitizer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e829b44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/services/sanitizer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
+import { useRestApi } from "#imports";
+
+const rest = useRestApi().value;
+
+const allowedTags = ["h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "em", "strong", "del", "a", "img", "ul", "ol", "li", "hr"];
+const allowedImageExtensions = ["png", "PNG", "jpg", "JPG", "jpeg", "JPEG", "gif", "GIF"];
+
+export async function sanitize (html: string) {
+  const safeHtml = remove_harmful_code(html);
+  const htmlWithNoUserTracking = await remove_user_tracking(safeHtml);
+  return htmlWithNoUserTracking;
+}
+
+function remove_harmful_code (html: string) {
+  return DOMPurify.sanitize(html, { ALLOWED_TAGS: allowedTags });
+}
+
+async function remove_user_tracking (html: string) {
+  // Parse the description as HTML to easily manipulate it.
+  const parser = new DOMParser();
+
+  const htmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(html, "text/html");
+
+  remove_all_external_links(htmlDoc);
+  await replace_images_with_proxied_images(htmlDoc);
+
+  return document_to_html(htmlDoc);
+}
+
+function remove_all_external_links (htmlDoc: Document) {
+  const links = htmlDoc.querySelectorAll("a");
+  links.forEach((link) => {
+    const href = link.getAttribute("href");
+    if (href && !href.startsWith("#")) {
+      link.removeAttribute("href");
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+async function replace_images_with_proxied_images (htmlDoc: Document) {
+  const images = htmlDoc.querySelectorAll("img");
+  for (let i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {
+    const img = images[i];
+    const src = img.getAttribute("src");
+
+    if (src) {
+      if (isAllowedImage(src)) {
+        const imageDataSrc = await getImageDataUrl(src);
+        img.setAttribute("src", imageDataSrc);
+      } else {
+        img.remove();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function document_to_html (descriptionHtml: Document) {
+  const body = descriptionHtml.querySelector("body");
+  const serializer = new XMLSerializer();
+  let html = "";
+  if (body) {
+    html = serializer.serializeToString(body);
+    html = html
+      .replace("<body xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">", "")
+      .replace("<body>", "")
+      .replace("</body>", "");
+  }
+  return html;
+}
+
+// Returns true if the image is allowed to be displayed.
+function isAllowedImage (href: string): boolean {
+  const extension = href.split(".").pop().trim();
+  return allowedImageExtensions.includes(extension);
+}
+
+// Returns a base64 string ready to be use in a "src" attribute in a "img" html tag,
+// like this `<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+gA…IiIiIiIiIiIiIiHyO/P85XT/jxW1glg5Erk==">`.
+async function getImageDataUrl (url: string): Promise<string> {
+  const imageBlob = await rest.torrent.proxiedImage(url);
+  const data = await blobToDataURL(imageBlob);
+  return data;
+}
+
+// Convert binary data into a base64 encoded string ready to be use in a "src"
+// attribute in a "img" html tag, like the following:
+// `<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+gA…IiIiIiIiIiIiIiHyO/P85XT/jxW1glg5Erk==">`.
+function blobToDataURL (blob: Blob): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const reader = new FileReader();
+    reader.onload = _e => resolve(reader.result as string);
+    reader.onerror = _e => reject(reader.error);
+    reader.onabort = _e => reject(new Error("Read aborted"));
+    reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
+  });
+}