diff --git a/wp-includes/js/wplink.js b/wp-includes/js/wplink.js
index acb8ccc391..b4c1baa619 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/wplink.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/wplink.js
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ var wpLink;
 
 			attrs = wpLink.getAttrs();
 
+			var parser = document.createElement( 'a' );
+			parser.href = attrs.href;
+
+			if ( 'javascript:' === parser.protocol || 'data:' === parser.protocol ) { // jshint ignore:line
+				attrs.href = '';
+			}
+
 			// If there's no href, return.
 			if ( ! attrs.href || attrs.href == 'http://' )
 				return;
@@ -223,7 +230,7 @@ var wpLink;
 			}
 
 			if ( attrs.target ) {
-				html += ' target="' + attrs.target + '"';
+				html += ' rel="noopener" target="' + attrs.target + '"';
 			}
 
 			html += '>';
@@ -275,6 +282,13 @@ var wpLink;
 
 			link = editor.dom.getParent( editor.selection.getNode(), 'a[href]' );
 
+			var parser = document.createElement( 'a' );
+			parser.href = attrs.href;
+
+			if ( 'javascript:' === parser.protocol || 'data:' === parser.protocol ) { // jshint ignore:line
+				attrs.href = '';
+			}
+
 			// If the values are empty, unlink and return
 			if ( ! attrs.href || attrs.href == 'http://' ) {
 				editor.execCommand( 'unlink' );
diff --git a/wp-includes/js/wplink.min.js b/wp-includes/js/wplink.min.js
index 3c3c0724f8..a269a3bc40 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/wplink.min.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/wplink.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+var wpLink;!function(a){var b,c,d,e,f={},g={},h="ontouchend"in document;wpLink={timeToTriggerRiver:150,minRiverAJAXDuration:200,riverBottomThreshold:5,keySensitivity:100,lastSearch:"",textarea:"",init:function(){f.wrap=a("#wp-link-wrap"),f.dialog=a("#wp-link"),f.backdrop=a("#wp-link-backdrop"),f.submit=a("#wp-link-submit"),f.close=a("#wp-link-close"),f.url=a("#url-field"),f.nonce=a("#_ajax_linking_nonce"),f.title=a("#link-title-field"),f.openInNewTab=a("#link-target-checkbox"),f.search=a("#search-field"),g.search=new d(a("#search-results")),g.recent=new d(a("#most-recent-results")),g.elements=f.dialog.find(".query-results"),f.queryNotice=a("#query-notice-message"),f.queryNoticeTextDefault=f.queryNotice.find(".query-notice-default"),f.queryNoticeTextHint=f.queryNotice.find(".query-notice-hint"),f.dialog.keydown(wpLink.keydown),f.dialog.keyup(wpLink.keyup),f.submit.click(function(a){a.preventDefault(),wpLink.update()}),f.close.add(f.backdrop).add("#wp-link-cancel 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