diff --git a/app/controllers/links_controller.rb b/app/controllers/links_controller.rb
index e7160ca8cdd..adb8d025853 100644
--- a/app/controllers/links_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/links_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class LinksController < ApplicationController
   skip_before_action :require_login, :authorize, :session_expiry, :update_activity_time, :set_taxonomy, :set_gettext_locale_db, :only => :show
+  before_action :validate_root_url
 
   def show
     url = external_url(type: params[:type], options: params)
@@ -29,6 +30,16 @@ def external_url(type:, options: {})
 
   private
 
+  def validate_root_url
+    unless params[:root_url].nil?
+      root_uri = URI.parse(params[:root_url])
+      unless SETTINGS[:trusted_redirect_domains].include?(root_uri.host) || SETTINGS[:trusted_redirect_domains].any? { |d| root_uri.host.end_with?(".#{d}") }
+        logger.warn "Denied access to forbidden root_url: #{params[:root_url]}"
+        not_found
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   def foreman_org_path(sub_path)
     "https://theforeman.org/#{sub_path}"
   end
diff --git a/config/settings.rb b/config/settings.rb
index b2ef0be9ad5..a6f9632fb18 100644
--- a/config/settings.rb
+++ b/config/settings.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 SETTINGS[:hosts] ||= []
 
+SETTINGS[:trusted_redirect_domains] ||= ['theforeman.org', 'redhat.com', 'orcharhino.com'].freeze
+
 # Load plugin config, if any
 Dir["#{__dir__}/settings.plugins.d/*.yaml"].each do |f|
   SETTINGS.merge! YAML.load(ERB.new(File.read(f)).result)
diff --git a/test/controllers/links_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/links_controller_test.rb
index 8d5fbb2b83d..33826b4ce3e 100644
--- a/test/controllers/links_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/links_controller_test.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,37 @@ class LinksControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
       assert_redirected_to /my_plugin/
     end
 
+    test '#documentation_url receives an allowed root_url domain' do
+      ['theforeman.org', 'redhat.com', 'orcharhino.com'].each do |domain|
+        get :show, params: {
+          type: 'manual',
+          root_url: "http://#{domain}",
+        }
+
+        assert_redirected_to /#{domain}/
+      end
+    end
+
+    test '#documentation_url receives an allowed root_url subdomain' do
+      ['theforeman.org', 'redhat.com', 'orcharhino.com'].each do |domain|
+        get :show, params: {
+          type: 'manual',
+          root_url: "http://some-sub.#{domain}",
+        }
+
+        assert_redirected_to /some-sub.#{domain}/
+      end
+    end
+
+    test '#documentation_url receives a forbidden root_url option' do
+      get :show, params: {
+        type: 'manual',
+        root_url: 'http://www.example.invalid',
+      }
+
+      assert_response :not_found
+    end
+
     test '#plugin_documentation_url returns foreman docs url for a plugin with a version and a given section' do
       get :show, params: {
         type: 'plugin_manual',