diff --git a/packages/widgets/src/rssFeed/component.tsx b/packages/widgets/src/rssFeed/component.tsx
index 2fc2b9147..79a070420 100644
--- a/packages/widgets/src/rssFeed/component.tsx
+++ b/packages/widgets/src/rssFeed/component.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default function RssFeed({ options, width, displayMode }: WidgetComponent
           <Card
             key={feedEntry.id}
             component={"a"}
-            href={getSafeExternalUrl(feedEntry.link, feedEntry.feedUrl) ?? getSafeExternalUrl(feedEntry.feedUrl)}
+            href={getSafeExternalUrl(feedEntry.link, feedEntry.feedUrl)}
             radius={board.itemRadius}
             target="_blank"
             rel="noopener noreferrer"
@@ -141,8 +141,21 @@ export const getHostname = (url: string): string => {
 export const getSafeExternalUrl = (value: unknown, baseUrl?: string): string | undefined => {
   if (typeof value !== "string") return undefined;
   try {
-    const url = new URL(value, baseUrl);
-    return url.protocol === "http:" || url.protocol === "https:" ? url.toString() : undefined;
+    let sanitizedBaseUrl: string | undefined;
+    if (baseUrl) {
+      const parsedBaseUrl = new URL(baseUrl);
+      parsedBaseUrl.username = "";
+      parsedBaseUrl.password = "";
+      parsedBaseUrl.search = "";
+      parsedBaseUrl.hash = "";
+      sanitizedBaseUrl = parsedBaseUrl.toString();
+    }
+
+    const url = new URL(value, sanitizedBaseUrl);
+    if (url.protocol !== "http:" && url.protocol !== "https:") return undefined;
+    url.username = "";
+    url.password = "";
+    return url.toString();
   } catch {
     return undefined;
   }
diff --git a/packages/widgets/src/rssFeed/feed-display.spec.ts b/packages/widgets/src/rssFeed/feed-display.spec.ts
index 3b0b460b9..3348ef91f 100644
--- a/packages/widgets/src/rssFeed/feed-display.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/widgets/src/rssFeed/feed-display.spec.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,20 @@ describe("RSS feed display helpers", () => {
     expect(getHostname("https://example.com/feed.xml")).toBe("example.com");
   });
 
-  test("only exposes HTTP links from untrusted feed entries", () => {
+  test("only exposes credential-free HTTP links from untrusted feed entries", () => {
     expect(getSafeExternalUrl("https://example.com/story")).toBe("https://example.com/story");
     expect(getSafeExternalUrl("/story", "https://example.com/feed.xml")).toBe("https://example.com/story");
+    expect(getSafeExternalUrl("/story", "https://user:password@example.com/feed.xml")).toBe(
+      "https://example.com/story",
+    );
+    expect(getSafeExternalUrl("https://user:password@example.com/story")).toBe("https://example.com/story");
+    expect(getSafeExternalUrl(undefined, "https://example.com/feed?token=secret")).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getSafeExternalUrl("#story", "https://example.com/feed?token=secret#old")).toBe(
+      "https://example.com/feed#story",
+    );
+    expect(getSafeExternalUrl("?story=1", "https://example.com/feed?token=secret")).toBe(
+      "https://example.com/feed?story=1",
+    );
     expect(getSafeExternalUrl("javascript:alert(1)")).toBeUndefined();
     expect(getSafeExternalUrl("not a URL")).toBeUndefined();
   });
diff --git a/packages/widgets/src/timetable/component.tsx b/packages/widgets/src/timetable/component.tsx
index c82f8b2e2..7a50c3f70 100644
--- a/packages/widgets/src/timetable/component.tsx
+++ b/packages/widgets/src/timetable/component.tsx
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ const TimetableWidgetInner = ({ station, baseUrl, itemId, displayMode, width }:
       <Text fw="bold">{t("title", { station: station.label })}</Text>
       {compactStaleWarning && displayMode === "compact" && (
         <Group gap={2} wrap="nowrap">
-          <IconAlertTriangle aria-hidden size={12} color="var(--mantine-color-orange-6)" />
-          <Text component="output" size="xs" c="orange" style={{ whiteSpace: "nowrap" }}>
+          <IconAlertTriangle aria-hidden size={12} color="var(--mantine-color-orange-light-color)" />
+          <Text component="output" size="xs" c="var(--mantine-color-text)" style={{ whiteSpace: "nowrap" }}>
             {compactStaleWarning}
           </Text>
         </Group>