diff --git a/blocks/identity-block/components/login/index.jsx b/blocks/identity-block/components/login/index.jsx
index 1fc61c6ac..c1d6fd750 100644
--- a/blocks/identity-block/components/login/index.jsx
+++ b/blocks/identity-block/components/login/index.jsx
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ const useLogin = ({
 		}
 	}, [appleCode, Identity]);
 
+	const isReferrerFromHost = () => {
+		if (!document?.referrer) return false;
+
+		const referrerURL = new URL(document.referrer);
+
+		return referrerURL.origin === window.location.origin;
+	};
+
 	useEffect(() => {
 		const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search.substring(1));
 
@@ -63,7 +71,7 @@ const useLogin = ({
 			setRedirectQueryParam(validatedRedirectParam);
 		}
 
-		if (redirectToPreviousPage && document?.referrer) {
+		if (redirectToPreviousPage && document?.referrer && isReferrerFromHost()) {
 			const redirectUrlLocation = new URL(document.referrer);
 			let newRedirectUrl = redirectUrlLocation.pathname.includes('/pagebuilder/')
 				? redirectURL
diff --git a/blocks/identity-block/components/login/index.test.jsx b/blocks/identity-block/components/login/index.test.jsx
index 6eb70b458..0f7516f1a 100644
--- a/blocks/identity-block/components/login/index.test.jsx
+++ b/blocks/identity-block/components/login/index.test.jsx
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe("useLogin()", () => {
 	});
 
 	it("uses document referrer", async () => {
-		const referrerURL = "http://referrer.com/article/1234";
+		const referrerURL = "http://localhost/article/1234";
 		Object.defineProperty(document, "referrer", {
 			value: referrerURL,
 			configurable: true,
diff --git a/blocks/identity-block/utils/validate-redirect-url.js b/blocks/identity-block/utils/validate-redirect-url.js
index 94563a204..84f8a5fea 100644
--- a/blocks/identity-block/utils/validate-redirect-url.js
+++ b/blocks/identity-block/utils/validate-redirect-url.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ const validateURL = (url) => {
 		return `${window.location.origin}${url}`;
 	}
 
+	if (url === "/") {
+		return url;
+	}
+
 	const urlLocation = new URL(url);
 
 	if (urlLocation.origin === window.location.origin) {