diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/instance-initializers/video-placeholder.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/instance-initializers/video-placeholder.js
index 9deb040a700..3d14304ac5e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/instance-initializers/video-placeholder.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/instance-initializers/video-placeholder.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { spinnerHTML } from "discourse/helpers/loading-spinner";
 import { withPluginApi } from "discourse/lib/plugin-api";
+import { sanitize } from "discourse/lib/text";
 import { iconHTML } from "discourse-common/lib/icon-library";
 import discourseLater from "discourse-common/lib/later";
 import I18n from "discourse-i18n";
@@ -15,10 +16,39 @@ export default {
         parentDiv.style.cursor = "";
         overlay.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
 
+        const videoSrc = sanitizeUrl(parentDiv.dataset.videoSrc);
+        const origSrc = sanitizeUrl(parentDiv.dataset.origSrc);
+        const dataOrigSrcAttr =
+          origSrc !== null ? `data-orig-src="${origSrc}"` : "";
+
+        if (videoSrc === null) {
+          const existingNotice = wrapper.querySelector(".notice.error");
+          if (existingNotice) {
+            existingNotice.remove();
+          }
+
+          const notice = document.createElement("div");
+          notice.className = "notice error";
+          notice.innerHTML =
+            iconHTML("triangle-exclamation") +
+            " " +
+            I18n.t("invalid_video_url");
+          wrapper.appendChild(notice);
+          overlay.innerHTML = iconHTML("play");
+
+          parentDiv.style.cursor = "pointer";
+          parentDiv.addEventListener(
+            "click",
+            (e) => handleVideoPlaceholderClick(helper, e),
+            { once: true }
+          );
+          return;
+        }
+
         const videoHTML = `
         <video width="100%" height="100%" preload="metadata" controls style="display:none">
-          <source src="${parentDiv.dataset.videoSrc}" ${parentDiv.dataset.origSrc}>
-          <a href="${parentDiv.dataset.videoSrc}">${parentDiv.dataset.videoSrc}</a>
+          <source src="${videoSrc}" ${dataOrigSrcAttr}>
+          <a href="${videoSrc}">${videoSrc}</a>
         </video>`;
         parentDiv.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", videoHTML);
         parentDiv.classList.add("video-container");
@@ -108,6 +138,33 @@ export default {
         });
       }
 
+      function sanitizeUrl(url) {
+        try {
+          const parsedUrl = new URL(url, window.location.origin);
+
+          if (
+            ["http:", "https:"].includes(parsedUrl.protocol) ||
+            url.startsWith("/")
+          ) {
+            const sanitized = sanitize(url);
+
+            if (
+              sanitized &&
+              sanitized.trim() !== "" &&
+              !sanitized.includes("&gt;") &&
+              !sanitized.includes("&lt;")
+            ) {
+              return sanitized;
+            }
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.warn("Invalid URL encountered:", url, e.message);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+      }
+
       api.decorateCookedElement(applyVideoPlaceholder, {
         onlyStream: true,
       });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/video-placeholder-test.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/video-placeholder-test.js
index f518752444e..873af1ff884 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/video-placeholder-test.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/video-placeholder-test.js
@@ -50,4 +50,30 @@ acceptance("Video Placeholder Test", function () {
       .hasStyle({ display: "block" }, "The video is no longer hidden");
     assert.dom(".video-placeholder-wrapper").doesNotExist();
   });
+
+  test("displays an error for invalid video URL and allows retry", async function (assert) {
+    await visit("/t/54081");
+
+    const placeholder = document.querySelector(".video-placeholder-container");
+    placeholder.setAttribute(
+      "data-video-src",
+      'http://example.com/video.mp4"><script>alert(1)</script>'
+    );
+
+    await click(".video-placeholder-overlay");
+
+    assert
+      .dom(".video-placeholder-wrapper .notice.error")
+      .exists("An error message is displayed for an invalid URL");
+    assert
+      .dom(".video-placeholder-wrapper .notice.error")
+      .hasText(
+        "This video cannot be played because the URL is invalid or unavailable.",
+        "Error message is correct"
+      );
+
+    assert
+      .dom("video")
+      .doesNotExist("No video element is created for invalid URL");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 320af174189..1080114a57a 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -4360,6 +4360,7 @@ en:
         retry: "Retry loading the image"
 
     cannot_render_video: This video cannot be rendered because your browser does not support the codec.
+    invalid_video_url: This video cannot be played because the URL is invalid or unavailable.
 
     keyboard_shortcuts_help:
       shortcut_key_delimiter_comma: ", "