diff --git a/js/tests/unit/modal.js b/js/tests/unit/modal.js
index 3b028dc100..5b265df158 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/modal.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/modal.js
@@ -597,4 +597,40 @@ $(function () {
       })
       .trigger('click')
   })
+
+  QUnit.test('should not parse target as html', function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(1)
+    var done = assert.async()
+
+    var $toggleBtn = $('<button data-toggle="modal" data-target="&lt;div id=&quot;modal-test&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;contents&quot;&lt;div&lt;div id=&quot;close&quot; data-dismiss=&quot;modal&quot;/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"/>')
+      .appendTo('#qunit-fixture')
+
+    $toggleBtn.trigger('click')
+    setTimeout(function () {
+      assert.strictEqual($('#modal-test').length, 0, 'target has not been parsed and added to the document')
+      done()
+    }, 1)
+  })
+
+  QUnit.test('should not execute js from target', function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(0)
+    var done = assert.async()
+
+    // This toggle button contains XSS payload in its data-target
+    // Note: it uses the onerror handler of an img element to execute the js, because a simple script element does not work here
+    //       a script element works in manual tests though, so here it is likely blocked by the qunit framework
+    var $toggleBtn = $('<button data-toggle="modal" data-target="&lt;div&gt;&lt;image src=&quot;missing.png&quot; onerror=&quot;$(&apos;#qunit-fixture button.control&apos;).trigger(&apos;click&apos;)&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"/>')
+      .appendTo('#qunit-fixture')
+    // The XSS payload above does not have a closure over this function and cannot access the assert object directly
+    // However, it can send a click event to the following control button, which will then fail the assert
+    $('<button>')
+      .addClass('control')
+      .on('click', function () {
+        assert.notOk(true, 'XSS payload is not executed as js')
+      })
+      .appendTo('#qunit-fixture')
+
+    $toggleBtn.trigger('click')
+    setTimeout(done, 500)
+  })
 })