diff --git a/app/auth/views/activate.py b/app/auth/views/activate.py
index 0f91b254..4c688ebe 100644
--- a/app/auth/views/activate.py
+++ b/app/auth/views/activate.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from app.db import Session
 from app.extensions import limiter
 from app.log import LOG
 from app.models import ActivationCode
+from app.utils import sanitize_next_url
 
 
 @auth_bp.route("/activate", methods=["GET", "POST"])
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ def activate():
 
     # The activation link contains the original page, for ex authorize page
     if "next" in request.args:
-        next_url = request.args.get("next")
+        next_url = sanitize_next_url(request.args.get("next"))
         LOG.d("redirect user to %s", next_url)
         return redirect(next_url)
     else:
diff --git a/app/auth/views/facebook.py b/app/auth/views/facebook.py
index 9ea5eb57..8068e2eb 100644
--- a/app/auth/views/facebook.py
+++ b/app/auth/views/facebook.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from app.db import Session
 from app.log import LOG
 from app.models import User, SocialAuth
 from .login_utils import after_login
-from ...utils import sanitize_email
+from ...utils import sanitize_email, sanitize_next_url
 
 _authorization_base_url = "https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth"
 _token_url = "https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def facebook_login():
     # to avoid flask-login displaying the login error message
     session.pop("_flashes", None)
 
-    next_url = request.args.get("next")
+    next_url = sanitize_next_url(request.args.get("next"))
 
     # Facebook does not allow to append param to redirect_uri
     # we need to pass the next url by session
diff --git a/app/auth/views/login.py b/app/auth/views/login.py
index f9c87f7d..c68ff887 100644
--- a/app/auth/views/login.py
+++ b/app/auth/views/login.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from app.auth.views.login_utils import after_login
 from app.extensions import limiter
 from app.log import LOG
 from app.models import User
-from app.utils import sanitize_email
+from app.utils import sanitize_email, sanitize_next_url
 
 
 class LoginForm(FlaskForm):
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class LoginForm(FlaskForm):
     "10/minute", deduct_when=lambda r: hasattr(g, "deduct_limit") and g.deduct_limit
 )
 def login():
-    next_url = request.args.get("next")
+    next_url = sanitize_next_url(request.args.get("next"))
 
     if current_user.is_authenticated:
         if next_url:
diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
index a55e2dbd..722a39d0 100644
--- a/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import string
 import time
 import urllib.parse
 from functools import wraps
+from typing import Optional
 
 from unidecode import unidecode
 
@@ -74,6 +75,14 @@ def sanitize_email(email_address: str, not_lower=False) -> str:
     return email_address
 
 
+def sanitize_next_url(url: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
+    if url is None or len(url) == 0:
+        return None
+    if url[0] != "/":
+        return None
+    return url
+
+
 def query2str(query):
     """Useful utility method to print out a SQLAlchemy query"""
     return query.statement.compile(compile_kwargs={"literal_binds": True})
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index d11438ab..24a10663 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from app.utils import random_string, random_words
+from app.utils import random_string, random_words, sanitize_next_url
 
 
 def test_random_words():
@@ -9,3 +9,18 @@ def test_random_words():
 def test_random_string():
     s = random_string()
     assert len(s) > 0
+
+
+def test_sanitize_url():
+    cases = [
+        {"url": None, "expected": None},
+        {"url": "", "expected": None},
+        {"url": "https://badzone.org", "expected": None},
+        {"url": "/", "expected": "/"},
+        {"url": "/auth", "expected": "/auth"},
+        {"url": "/some/path", "expected": "/some/path"},
+    ]
+
+    for case in cases:
+        res = sanitize_next_url(case["url"])
+        assert res == case["expected"]