diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index 8799976bf..aa07217b7 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "p-debounce": "^4.0.0",
     "phoenix": "^1.6",
     "register-service-worker": "^1.7.2",
+    "sanitize-html": "^2.5.3",
     "tippy.js": "^6.2.3",
     "unfetch": "^4.2.0",
     "v-tooltip": "^2.1.3",
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@
     "@types/prosemirror-model": "^1.7.2",
     "@types/prosemirror-state": "^1.2.4",
     "@types/prosemirror-view": "^1.11.4",
+    "@types/sanitize-html": "^2.5.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.3.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.3.0",
     "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "~5.0.0-rc.0",
diff --git a/js/src/components/Editor.vue b/js/src/components/Editor.vue
index ebdcf1556..6645de3ac 100644
--- a/js/src/components/Editor.vue
+++ b/js/src/components/Editor.vue
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ import Underline from "@tiptap/extension-underline";
 import Link from "@tiptap/extension-link";
 import CharacterCount from "@tiptap/extension-character-count";
 import { AutoDir } from "./Editor/Autodir";
+import sanitizeHtml from "sanitize-html";
 
 @Component({
   components: { EditorContent, BubbleMenu },
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ export default class EditorComponent extends Vue {
           "aria-label": this.ariaLabel,
           role: "textbox",
         },
+        transformPastedHTML: this.transformPastedHTML,
       },
       extensions: [
         StarterKit,
@@ -292,6 +294,19 @@ export default class EditorComponent extends Vue {
     });
   }
 
+  transformPastedHTML(html: string): string {
+    // When using comment mode, limit to acceptable tags
+    if (this.isCommentMode) {
+      return sanitizeHtml(html, {
+        allowedTags: ["b", "i", "em", "strong", "a"],
+        allowedAttributes: {
+          a: ["href", "rel", "target"],
+        },
+      });
+    }
+    return html;
+  }
+
   @Watch("value")
   onValueChanged(val: string): void {
     if (!this.editor) return;
diff --git a/js/yarn.lock b/js/yarn.lock
index 1e6849cdd..6014cfd54 100644
--- a/js/yarn.lock
+++ b/js/yarn.lock
@@ -2034,6 +2034,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/retry/-/retry-0.12.1.tgz#d8f1c0d0dc23afad6dc16a9e993a0865774b4065"
   integrity sha512-xoDlM2S4ortawSWORYqsdU+2rxdh4LRW9ytc3zmT37RIKQh6IHyKwwtKhKis9ah8ol07DCkZxPt8BBvPjC6v4g==
 
+"@types/sanitize-html@^2.5.0":
+  version "2.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-2.5.0.tgz#bfef58fbcf2674b20ffcc23c3506faa68c3a13e3"
+  integrity sha512-PeFIEZsO9m1+ACJlXUaimgrR+5DEDiIXhz7Hso307jmq5Yz0lb5kDp8LiTr5dMMMliC/jNNx/qds7Zoxa4zexw==
+  dependencies:
+    htmlparser2 "^6.0.0"
+
 "@types/serve-index@*":
   version "1.9.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/serve-index/-/serve-index-1.9.1.tgz#1b5e85370a192c01ec6cec4735cf2917337a6278"
@@ -5708,7 +5715,7 @@ html-webpack-plugin@^5.1.0:
     pretty-error "^4.0.0"
     tapable "^2.0.0"
 
-htmlparser2@^6.1.0:
+htmlparser2@^6.0.0, htmlparser2@^6.1.0:
   version "6.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/htmlparser2/-/htmlparser2-6.1.0.tgz#c4d762b6c3371a05dbe65e94ae43a9f845fb8fb7"
   integrity sha512-gyyPk6rgonLFEDGoeRgQNaEUvdJ4ktTmmUh/h2t7s+M8oPpIPxgNACWa+6ESR57kXstwqPiCut0V8NRpcwgU7A==
@@ -6142,6 +6149,11 @@ is-plain-object@^2.0.4:
   dependencies:
     isobject "^3.0.1"
 
+is-plain-object@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-plain-object/-/is-plain-object-5.0.0.tgz#4427f50ab3429e9025ea7d52e9043a9ef4159344"
+  integrity sha512-VRSzKkbMm5jMDoKLbltAkFQ5Qr7VDiTFGXxYFXXowVj387GeGNOCsOH6Msy00SGZ3Fp84b1Naa1psqgcCIEP5Q==
+
 is-potential-custom-element-name@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-potential-custom-element-name/-/is-potential-custom-element-name-1.0.1.tgz#171ed6f19e3ac554394edf78caa05784a45bebb5"
@@ -7814,6 +7826,11 @@ parse-json@^5.0.0:
     json-parse-even-better-errors "^2.3.0"
     lines-and-columns "^1.1.6"
 
+parse-srcset@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parse-srcset/-/parse-srcset-1.0.2.tgz#f2bd221f6cc970a938d88556abc589caaaa2bde1"
+  integrity sha1-8r0iH2zJcKk42IVWq8WJyqqiveE=
+
 parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter@^6.0.0:
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter/-/parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter-6.0.1.tgz#2cdf9ad823321140370d4dbf5d3e92c7c8ddc6e6"
@@ -8220,7 +8237,7 @@ postcss@^7.0.36:
     picocolors "^0.2.1"
     source-map "^0.6.1"
 
-postcss@^8.2.15, postcss@^8.2.6, postcss@^8.3.5:
+postcss@^8.2.15, postcss@^8.2.6, postcss@^8.3.11, postcss@^8.3.5:
   version "8.3.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postcss/-/postcss-8.3.11.tgz#c3beca7ea811cd5e1c4a3ec6d2e7599ef1f8f858"
   integrity sha512-hCmlUAIlUiav8Xdqw3Io4LcpA1DOt7h3LSTAC4G6JGHFFaWzI6qvFt9oilvl8BmkbBRX1IhM90ZAmpk68zccQA==
@@ -8837,6 +8854,18 @@ safe-buffer@>=5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.1.2,
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz#44fa161b0187b9549dd84bb91802f9bd8385cd6a"
   integrity sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg==
 
+sanitize-html@^2.5.3:
+  version "2.5.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-2.5.3.tgz#91aa3dc760b072cdf92f9c6973747569b1ba1cd8"
+  integrity sha512-DGATXd1fs/Rm287/i5FBKVYSBBUL0iAaztOA1/RFhEs4yqo39/X52i/q/CwsfCUG5cilmXSBmnQmyWfnKhBlOg==
+  dependencies:
+    deepmerge "^4.2.2"
+    escape-string-regexp "^4.0.0"
+    htmlparser2 "^6.0.0"
+    is-plain-object "^5.0.0"
+    parse-srcset "^1.0.2"
+    postcss "^8.3.11"
+
 sass-loader@^12.0.0:
   version "12.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sass-loader/-/sass-loader-12.3.0.tgz#93278981c189c36a58cbfc37d4b9cef0cdc02871"