diff --git a/src/JsonSchema/AppSettings.cs b/src/JsonSchema/AppSettings.cs
index a9b70fc4a1..048513a5da 100644
--- a/src/JsonSchema/AppSettings.cs
+++ b/src/JsonSchema/AppSettings.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ namespace JsonSchema
                 public PackageMigrationSettings PackageMigration { get; set; }
 
                 public LegacyPasswordMigrationSettings LegacyPasswordMigration { get; set; }
+
+                public ContentDashboardSettings ContentDashboard { get; set; }
             }
 
             /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ContentDashboardSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentDashboardSettings.cs
similarity index 55%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ContentDashboardSettings.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentDashboardSettings.cs
index 7bef36dba4..3f8546a1ad 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ContentDashboardSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/Models/ContentDashboardSettings.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-
-namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Typed configuration options for content dashboard settings.
+    /// </summary>
+    [UmbracoOptions(Constants.Configuration.ConfigContentDashboard)]
     public class ContentDashboardSettings
     {
         private const string DefaultContentDashboardPath = "cms";
@@ -18,6 +23,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration
         /// Gets the path to use when constructing the URL for retrieving data for the content dashboard.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The URL path.</value>
-        public string ContentDashboardPath  { get; set; } = DefaultContentDashboardPath;
+        [DefaultValue(DefaultContentDashboardPath)]
+        public string ContentDashboardPath { get; set; } = DefaultContentDashboardPath;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the allowed addresses to retrieve data for the content dashboard.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The URLs.</value>
+        public string[] ContentDashboardUrlAllowlist { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-Configuration.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-Configuration.cs
index 063d733821..ab951618e3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-Configuration.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core
 {
     public static partial class Constants
     {
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
             public const string ConfigUserPassword = ConfigPrefix + "Security:UserPassword";
             public const string ConfigRichTextEditor = ConfigPrefix + "RichTextEditor";
             public const string ConfigPackageMigration = ConfigPrefix + "PackageMigration";
+            public const string ConfigContentDashboard = ConfigPrefix + "ContentDashboard";
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilder.Configuration.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilder.Configuration.cs
index ce2e4f2304..7bc5ae57c8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilder.Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilder.Configuration.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.DependencyInjection
                 .AddUmbracoOptions<BasicAuthSettings>()
                 .AddUmbracoOptions<RuntimeMinificationSettings>()
                 .AddUmbracoOptions<LegacyPasswordMigrationSettings>()
-                .AddUmbracoOptions<PackageMigrationSettings>();
+                .AddUmbracoOptions<PackageMigrationSettings>()
+                .AddUmbracoOptions<ContentDashboardSettings>();
 
             return builder;
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/DashboardController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/DashboardController.cs
index 7b64d05633..955081fa73 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/DashboardController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/DashboardController.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -8,9 +9,11 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Cache;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Dashboards;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.ContentEditing;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Security;
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
         private readonly IDashboardService _dashboardService;
         private readonly IUmbracoVersion _umbracoVersion;
         private readonly IShortStringHelper _shortStringHelper;
-        private readonly IOptions<ContentDashboardSettings> _dashboardSettings;
+        private readonly ContentDashboardSettings _dashboardSettings;
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DashboardController"/> with all its dependencies.
         /// </summary>
@@ -60,12 +63,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
             _dashboardService = dashboardService;
             _umbracoVersion = umbracoVersion;
             _shortStringHelper = shortStringHelper;
-            _dashboardSettings = dashboardSettings;
+            _dashboardSettings = dashboardSettings.Value;
         }
 
         //we have just one instance of HttpClient shared for the entire application
         private static readonly HttpClient HttpClient = new HttpClient();
 
+        // TODO(V10) : change return type to Task<ActionResult<JObject>> and consider removing baseUrl as parameter
         //we have baseurl as a param to make previewing easier, so we can test with a dev domain from client side
         [ValidateAngularAntiForgeryToken]
         public async Task<JObject> GetRemoteDashboardContent(string section, string baseUrl = "https://dashboard.umbraco.com/")
@@ -76,9 +80,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
             var version = _umbracoVersion.SemanticVersion.ToSemanticStringWithoutBuild();
             var isAdmin = user.IsAdmin();
 
+            if (!IsAllowedUrl(baseUrl))
+            {
+                _logger.LogError($"The following URL is not listed in the setting 'Umbraco:CMS:ContentDashboard:ContentDashboardUrlAllowlist' in configuration: {baseUrl}");
+                HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.BadRequest;
+
+                // Hacking the response - can't set the HttpContext.Response.Body, so instead returning the error as JSON
+                var errorJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new { Error = "Dashboard source not permitted" });
+                return JObject.Parse(errorJson);
+            }
+
             var url = string.Format("{0}{1}?section={2}&allowed={3}&lang={4}&version={5}&admin={6}",
                 baseUrl,
-                _dashboardSettings.Value.ContentDashboardPath,
+                _dashboardSettings.ContentDashboardPath,
                 section,
                 allowedSections,
                 language,
@@ -116,8 +130,15 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
             return result;
         }
 
+        // TODO(V10) : consider removing baseUrl as parameter
         public async Task<IActionResult> GetRemoteDashboardCss(string section, string baseUrl = "https://dashboard.umbraco.org/")
         {
+            if (!IsAllowedUrl(baseUrl))
+            {
+                _logger.LogError($"The following URL is not listed in the setting 'Umbraco:CMS:ContentDashboard:ContentDashboardUrlAllowlist' in configuration: {baseUrl}");
+                return BadRequest("Dashboard source not permitted");
+            }
+
             var url = string.Format(baseUrl + "css/dashboard.css?section={0}", section);
             var key = "umbraco-dynamic-dashboard-css-" + section;
 
@@ -152,12 +173,18 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
             }
 
 
-            return Content(result,"text/css", Encoding.UTF8);
+            return Content(result, "text/css", Encoding.UTF8);
 
         }
 
         public async Task<IActionResult> GetRemoteXml(string site, string url)
         {
+            if (!IsAllowedUrl(url))
+            {
+                _logger.LogError($"The following URL is not listed in the setting 'Umbraco:CMS:ContentDashboard:ContentDashboardUrlAllowlist' in configuration: {url}");
+                return BadRequest("Dashboard source not permitted");
+            }
+
             // This is used in place of the old feedproxy.config
             // Which was used to grab data from our.umbraco.com, umbraco.com or umbraco.tv
             // for certain dashboards or the help drawer
@@ -214,7 +241,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
                 }
             }
 
-            return Content(result,"text/xml", Encoding.UTF8);
+            return Content(result, "text/xml", Encoding.UTF8);
 
         }
 
@@ -240,5 +267,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
                 })
             }).ToList();
         }
+
+        // Checks if the passed URL is part of the configured allowlist of addresses
+        private bool IsAllowedUrl(string url)
+        {
+            // No addresses specified indicates that any URL is allowed
+            if (_dashboardSettings.ContentDashboardUrlAllowlist is null || _dashboardSettings.ContentDashboardUrlAllowlist.Contains(url, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }