diff --git a/client/components/activities/activities.js b/client/components/activities/activities.js
index 580852c66..5a0a81315 100644
--- a/client/components/activities/activities.js
+++ b/client/components/activities/activities.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ReactiveCache } from '/imports/reactiveCache';
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
-import { sanitizeHTML, sanitizeText } from '../../lib/secureDOMPurify';
+import { sanitizeHTML, sanitizeText } from '/imports/lib/secureDOMPurify';
 import { TAPi18n } from '/imports/i18n';
 
 const activitiesPerPage = 500;
diff --git a/client/components/cards/attachments.js b/client/components/cards/attachments.js
index 80e9b1682..51304cf92 100644
--- a/client/components/cards/attachments.js
+++ b/client/components/cards/attachments.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ReactiveCache } from '/imports/reactiveCache';
 import { ObjectID } from 'bson';
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
-import { sanitizeHTML, sanitizeText } from '../../lib/secureDOMPurify';
+import { sanitizeHTML, sanitizeText } from '/imports/lib/secureDOMPurify';
 import uploadProgressManager from '../../lib/uploadProgressManager';
 
 const filesize = require('filesize');
diff --git a/client/components/main/editor.js b/client/components/main/editor.js
index 4d1b227d9..9f15e5068 100644
--- a/client/components/main/editor.js
+++ b/client/components/main/editor.js
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
 }).register('editor');
 
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
-import { sanitizeHTML } from '../lib/secureDOMPurify';
+import { sanitizeHTML } from '/imports/lib/secureDOMPurify';
 
 // Additional  safeAttrValue function to allow for other specific protocols
 // See https://github.com/leizongmin/js-xss/issues/52#issuecomment-241354114
diff --git a/imports/lib/secureDOMPurify.js b/imports/lib/secureDOMPurify.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4e352e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imports/lib/secureDOMPurify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
+
+// Centralized secure DOMPurify configuration to prevent XSS and CSS injection attacks
+export function getSecureDOMPurifyConfig() {
+  return {
+    // Block dangerous elements that can cause XSS and CSS injection
+    FORBID_TAGS: [
+      'svg', 'defs', 'use', 'g', 'symbol', 'marker', 'pattern', 'mask', 'clipPath',
+      'linearGradient', 'radialGradient', 'stop', 'animate', 'animateTransform',
+      'animateMotion', 'set', 'switch', 'foreignObject', 'script', 'style', 'link',
+      'meta', 'iframe', 'object', 'embed', 'applet', 'form', 'input', 'textarea',
+      'select', 'option', 'button', 'label', 'fieldset', 'legend', 'frameset',
+      'frame', 'noframes', 'base', 'basefont', 'isindex', 'dir', 'menu', 'menuitem'
+    ],
+    // Block dangerous attributes that can cause XSS and CSS injection
+    FORBID_ATTR: [
+      'xlink:href', 'href', 'onload', 'onerror', 'onclick', 'onmouseover',
+      'onfocus', 'onblur', 'onchange', 'onsubmit', 'onreset', 'onselect',
+      'onunload', 'onresize', 'onscroll', 'onkeydown', 'onkeyup', 'onkeypress',
+      'onmousedown', 'onmouseup', 'onmouseover', 'onmouseout', 'onmousemove',
+      'ondblclick', 'oncontextmenu', 'onwheel', 'ontouchstart', 'ontouchend',
+      'ontouchmove', 'ontouchcancel', 'onabort', 'oncanplay', 'oncanplaythrough',
+      'ondurationchange', 'onemptied', 'onended', 'onerror', 'onloadeddata',
+      'onloadedmetadata', 'onloadstart', 'onpause', 'onplay', 'onplaying',
+      'onprogress', 'onratechange', 'onseeked', 'onseeking', 'onstalled',
+      'onsuspend', 'ontimeupdate', 'onvolumechange', 'onwaiting', 'onbeforeunload',
+      'onhashchange', 'onpagehide', 'onpageshow', 'onpopstate', 'onstorage',
+      'onunload', 'style', 'class', 'id', 'data-*', 'aria-*'
+    ],
+    // Allow only safe image formats and protocols
+    ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP: /^(?:(?:(?:f|ht)tps?|mailto|tel|callto|cid|xmpp):|[^a-z]|[a-z+.\-]+(?:[^a-z+.\-:]|$))/i,
+    // Remove dangerous protocols
+    ALLOW_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOLS: false,
+    // Sanitize URLs to prevent malicious content loading
+    SANITIZE_DOM: true,
+    // Remove dangerous elements completely
+    KEEP_CONTENT: false,
+    // Additional security measures
+    ADD_ATTR: [],
+    // Block data URIs that could contain malicious content
+    ALLOW_DATA_ATTR: false,
+    // Custom hook to further sanitize content
+    HOOKS: {
+      uponSanitizeElement: function(node, data) {
+        // Block any remaining dangerous elements
+        const dangerousTags = ['svg', 'style', 'script', 'link', 'meta', 'iframe', 'object', 'embed', 'applet'];
+        if (node.tagName && dangerousTags.includes(node.tagName.toLowerCase())) {
+          if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') {
+            console.warn('Blocked potentially dangerous element:', node.tagName);
+          }
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        // Block img tags with SVG data URIs
+        if (node.tagName && node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'img') {
+          const src = node.getAttribute('src');
+          if (src && (src.startsWith('data:image/svg') || src.endsWith('.svg'))) {
+            if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') {
+              console.warn('Blocked potentially malicious SVG image:', src);
+            }
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Block elements with dangerous attributes
+        const dangerousAttrs = ['style', 'onload', 'onerror', 'onclick', 'onmouseover', 'onfocus', 'onblur'];
+        for (const attr of dangerousAttrs) {
+          if (node.hasAttribute && node.hasAttribute(attr)) {
+            if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') {
+              console.warn('Blocked element with dangerous attribute:', node.tagName, attr);
+            }
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+      },
+      uponSanitizeAttribute: function(node, data) {
+        // Block style attributes completely
+        if (data.attrName === 'style') {
+          if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') {
+            console.warn('Blocked style attribute');
+          }
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        // Block class and id attributes that might be used for CSS injection
+        if (data.attrName === 'class' || data.attrName === 'id') {
+          if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') {
+            console.warn('Blocked class/id attribute:', data.attrName, data.attrValue);
+          }
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        // Block data attributes
+        if (data.attrName && data.attrName.startsWith('data-')) {
+          if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') {
+            console.warn('Blocked data attribute:', data.attrName);
+          }
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+// Convenience function for secure sanitization
+export function sanitizeHTML(html) {
+  return DOMPurify.sanitize(html, getSecureDOMPurifyConfig());
+}
+
+// Convenience function for sanitizing text (no HTML)
+export function sanitizeText(text) {
+  return DOMPurify.sanitize(text, {
+    ALLOWED_TAGS: [],
+    ALLOWED_ATTR: [],
+    KEEP_CONTENT: true
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/markdown/src/template-integration.js b/packages/markdown/src/template-integration.js
index d7b51cdfa..dab2cd716 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/src/template-integration.js
+++ b/packages/markdown/src/template-integration.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
-import { getSecureDOMPurifyConfig } from '../../../client/lib/secureDOMPurify';
+import { getSecureDOMPurifyConfig } from '/imports/lib/secureDOMPurify';
 
 var Markdown = require('markdown-it')({
   html: true,