diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 71ac25af3..0e41baff3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CHANGELOG Roundcube Webmail
 - Fix bug where contact search menu fields where always unchecked in Larry skin
 - Fix autoloading of 'html' class
 - Fix bug where Encrypt button appears when switching editor to HTML (#5235)
+- Fix XSS issue in href attribute on area tag (#5240)
 
 RELEASE 1.2-rc
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diff --git a/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_washtml.php b/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_washtml.php
index 5938d9b87..d03f04af4 100644
--- a/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_washtml.php
+++ b/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_washtml.php
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class rcube_washtml
      */
     private function is_link_attribute($tag, $attr)
     {
-        return $tag == 'a' && $attr == 'href';
+        return ($tag == 'a' || $tag == 'area') && $attr == 'href';
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Framework/Washtml.php b/tests/Framework/Washtml.php
index 9515f0d7a..2e681791c 100644
--- a/tests/Framework/Washtml.php
+++ b/tests/Framework/Washtml.php
@@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ class Framework_Washtml extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertRegExp('|href="http://test.com">|', $washed, "Link href with newlines (#1488940)");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test XSS in area's href (#5240)
+     */
+    function test_href_area()
+    {
+        $html = '<p><area href="data:text/html,&lt;script&gt;alert(document.cookie)&lt;/script&gt;">'
+            . '<area href="vbscript:alert(document.cookie)">Internet Explorer</p>'
+            . '<area href="javascript:alert(document.domain)" shape=default>';
+
+        $washer = new rcube_washtml;
+        $washed = $washer->wash($html);
+
+        $this->assertNotRegExp('/data:text/', $washed, "data:text/html in area href");
+        $this->assertNotRegExp('/vbscript:/', $washed, "vbscript: in area href");
+        $this->assertNotRegExp('/javascript:/', $washed, "javascript: in area href");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test handling HTML comments
      */