diff --git a/web/frontend/libs/tinymce_extensions.js b/web/frontend/libs/tinymce_extensions.js
index 7b2b017ca..13f4228f1 100644
--- a/web/frontend/libs/tinymce_extensions.js
+++ b/web/frontend/libs/tinymce_extensions.js
@@ -436,6 +436,10 @@ export function getInitConfig(selector, enhanced, code) {
     paste_remove_styles: true,
     paste_remove_styles_if_webkit: true,
     paste_strip_class_attributes: "all",
+    // image URLs
+    relative_urls: false,
+    convert_urls: false,
+    remove_script_host : false,
     media_dimensions: false,
     extended_valid_elements: extend_valid_elements,
     setup: (editor) => {
diff --git a/web/main/test/test_export.py b/web/main/test/test_export.py
index fd02958e6..cad8e94c8 100644
--- a/web/main/test/test_export.py
+++ b/web/main/test/test_export.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from io import BytesIO
+import itertools
 from pathlib import Path
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
@@ -366,3 +367,35 @@ def test_annotated_export_invalid_clamped(annotations_factory):
     resource = annotations_factory("LegalDocument", input)[1]
     resource.annotations.update(global_end_offset=1000)  # move end offset past end of text
     assert annotated_content_for_export(resource) == expected
+
+
+def test_disallowed_images_stripped(rf, text_block_factory, resource_factory):
+    request = rf.get("/spoof-export-request")
+
+    disallowed_srcs = ["/etc/hosts", "../../images/foo", "http://example.com"]
+
+    allowed_srcs = [
+        f"http://{request.get_host()}/foo",
+        f"https://{request.get_host()}/foo",
+    ]
+
+    text = ""
+    for src in itertools.chain(disallowed_srcs, allowed_srcs):
+        text = text + f'<img src="{src}">'
+
+    text_block = text_block_factory(content=text)
+    resource = resource_factory(resource=text_block, resource_type="TextBlock")
+
+    # Establish that all images are present in the unaltered HTML
+    unaltered_html = resource.export(False, None, file_type="html")
+    for src in itertools.chain(disallowed_srcs, allowed_srcs):
+        assert src in unaltered_html
+
+    # Provide a spoofed `request` object which is a required argument for proper export of rich text
+    # https://github.com/harvard-lil/h2o/blob/dd67276720fe3a7af7e110da958448399a92399f/web/main/utils.py#L282
+    # Then, establish that only allowed image sources are present.
+    html = resource.export(False, None, file_type="html", export_options={"request": request})
+    for src in disallowed_srcs:
+        assert src not in html
+    for src in allowed_srcs:
+        assert src in html