diff --git a/Parse-Dashboard/Authentication.js b/Parse-Dashboard/Authentication.js
index 00a5c3ac2..55e274f46 100644
--- a/Parse-Dashboard/Authentication.js
+++ b/Parse-Dashboard/Authentication.js
@@ -76,12 +76,22 @@ function initialize(app, options) {
     csrf(),
     (req,res,next) => {
       let redirect = 'apps';
+      let originalRedirect = null;
       if (req.body.redirect) {
-        redirect = req.body.redirect.charAt(0) === '/' ? req.body.redirect.substring(1) : req.body.redirect
+        originalRedirect = req.body.redirect;
+        // Validate redirect to prevent open redirect vulnerability
+        if (originalRedirect.includes('://') || originalRedirect.startsWith('//')) {
+          // Reject absolute URLs and protocol-relative URLs
+          redirect = 'apps';
+          originalRedirect = null;
+        } else {
+          // Strip leading slash from redirect to prevent double slashes
+          redirect = originalRedirect.charAt(0) === '/' ? originalRedirect.substring(1) : originalRedirect;
+        }
       }
       return passport.authenticate('local', {
         successRedirect: `${self.mountPath}${redirect}`,
-        failureRedirect: `${self.mountPath}login${req.body.redirect ? `?redirect=${req.body.redirect}` : ''}`,
+        failureRedirect: `${self.mountPath}login${originalRedirect ? `?redirect=${originalRedirect}` : ''}`,
         failureFlash : true
       })(req, res, next)
     },
diff --git a/Parse-Dashboard/app.js b/Parse-Dashboard/app.js
index 9908e9239..144851c38 100644
--- a/Parse-Dashboard/app.js
+++ b/Parse-Dashboard/app.js
@@ -1062,8 +1062,26 @@ You have direct access to the Parse database through function calls, so you can
     }
 
     app.get('/login', csrf(), function(req, res) {
-      const redirectURL = req.url.includes('?redirect=') && req.url.split('?redirect=')[1].length > 1 && req.url.split('?redirect=')[1];
+      let redirectURL = null;
+      try {
+        const url = new URL(req.url, 'http://localhost');
+        redirectURL = url.searchParams.get('redirect');
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.warn('Invalid URL in login redirect:', error.message);
+      }
       if (!users || (req.user && req.user.isAuthenticated)) {
+        // Validate and sanitize redirect URL to prevent open redirect vulnerability
+        if (redirectURL) {
+          // Reject absolute URLs and protocol-relative URLs
+          if (redirectURL.includes('://') || redirectURL.startsWith('//')) {
+            redirectURL = null;
+          } else {
+            // Strip leading slash to prevent double slashes
+            if (redirectURL.charAt(0) === '/') {
+              redirectURL = redirectURL.substring(1);
+            }
+          }
+        }
         return res.redirect(`${mountPath}${redirectURL || 'apps'}`);
       }