diff --git a/app/pom.xml b/app/pom.xml
index c5461e412..b66270aeb 100644
--- a/app/pom.xml
+++ b/app/pom.xml
@@ -591,8 +591,11 @@ limitations under the License.
             <version>5.0.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-    </dependencies>
+  <dependency>
+   <groupId>io.github.pixee</groupId>
+   <artifactId>java-security-toolkit</artifactId>
+  </dependency>
+ </dependencies>
 
     <build>
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/util/MediacastUtil.java b/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/util/MediacastUtil.java
index 35df6e41e..2653955bc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/util/MediacastUtil.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/util/MediacastUtil.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.roller.weblogger.util;
 
+import io.github.pixee.security.HostValidator;
+import io.github.pixee.security.Urls;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ public static MediacastResource lookupResource(String url)
         
         MediacastResource resource = null;
         try {
-            HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
+            HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) Urls.create(url, Urls.HTTP_PROTOCOLS, HostValidator.DENY_COMMON_INFRASTRUCTURE_TARGETS).openConnection();
             con.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
             int response = con.getResponseCode();
             String message = con.getResponseMessage();
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a8f4993a..90d20a1ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ limitations under the License.
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <roller.version>6.1.4</roller.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-    </properties>
+  <versions.java-security-toolkit>1.2.1</versions.java-security-toolkit>
+ </properties>
 
     <modules>
         <module>app</module>
@@ -110,7 +111,12 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <version>5.11.0</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
+   <dependency>
+    <groupId>io.github.pixee</groupId>
+    <artifactId>java-security-toolkit</artifactId>
+    <version>${versions.java-security-toolkit}</version>
+   </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
 </project>