diff --git a/lib/rails/html/scrubbers.rb b/lib/rails/html/scrubbers.rb
index 18bac0a..f9e14cd 100644
--- a/lib/rails/html/scrubbers.rb
+++ b/lib/rails/html/scrubbers.rb
@@ -139,11 +139,7 @@ def scrub_attribute(node, attr_node)
                     end
 
         if Loofah::HTML5::SafeList::ATTR_VAL_IS_URI.include?(attr_name)
-          # this block lifted nearly verbatim from HTML5 sanitization
-          val_unescaped = CGI.unescapeHTML(attr_node.value).gsub(Loofah::HTML5::Scrub::CONTROL_CHARACTERS,'').downcase
-          if val_unescaped =~ /^[a-z0-9][-+.a-z0-9]*:/ && ! Loofah::HTML5::SafeList::ALLOWED_PROTOCOLS.include?(val_unescaped.split(Loofah::HTML5::SafeList::PROTOCOL_SEPARATOR)[0])
-            attr_node.remove
-          end
+          return if Loofah::HTML5::Scrub.scrub_uri_attribute(attr_node)
         end
 
         if Loofah::HTML5::SafeList::SVG_ATTR_VAL_ALLOWS_REF.include?(attr_name)
diff --git a/test/sanitizer_test.rb b/test/sanitizer_test.rb
index 8a1d5ac..7a60956 100644
--- a/test/sanitizer_test.rb
+++ b/test/sanitizer_test.rb
@@ -600,6 +600,56 @@ def test_disallow_the_dangerous_safelist_combination_of_select_and_style
     refute_includes(sanitized, "style")
   end
 
+  %w[text/plain text/css image/png image/gif image/jpeg].each do |mediatype|
+    define_method "test_mediatype_#{mediatype}_allowed" do
+      input = %Q(<img src="data:#{mediatype};base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4=">)
+      expected = input
+      actual = safe_list_sanitize(input)
+      assert_equal(expected, actual)
+
+      input = %Q(<img src="DATA:#{mediatype};base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4=">)
+      expected = input
+      actual = safe_list_sanitize(input)
+      assert_equal(expected, actual)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_mediatype_text_html_disallowed
+    input = %q(<img src="data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4=">)
+    expected = %q(<img>)
+    actual = safe_list_sanitize(input)
+    assert_equal(expected, actual)
+
+    input = %q(<img src="DATA:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4=">)
+    expected = %q(<img>)
+    actual = safe_list_sanitize(input)
+    assert_equal(expected, actual)
+  end
+
+  def test_mediatype_image_svg_xml_disallowed
+    input = %q(<img src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4=">)
+    expected = %q(<img>)
+    actual = safe_list_sanitize(input)
+    assert_equal(expected, actual)
+
+    input = %q(<img src="DATA:image/svg+xml;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4=">)
+    expected = %q(<img>)
+    actual = safe_list_sanitize(input)
+    assert_equal(expected, actual)
+  end
+
+  def test_mediatype_other_disallowed
+    input = %q(<a href="data:foo;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4=">foo</a>)
+    expected = %q(<a>foo</a>)
+    actual = safe_list_sanitize(input)
+    assert_equal(expected, actual)
+
+    input = %q(<a href="DATA:foo;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4=">foo</a>)
+    expected = %q(<a>foo</a>)
+    actual = safe_list_sanitize(input)
+    assert_equal(expected, actual)
+  end
+
   def test_scrubbing_svg_attr_values_that_allow_ref
     input = %Q(<div fill="yellow url(http://bad.com/) #fff">hey</div>)
     expected = %Q(<div fill="yellow #fff">hey</div>)