diff --git a/commons-email2-jakarta/pom.xml b/commons-email2-jakarta/pom.xml
index 7358e941b..f3dfdc66d 100644
--- a/commons-email2-jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-email2-jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${jmh.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
+      <version>${jmh.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <properties>
@@ -92,6 +104,7 @@
     <commons.jacoco.branchRatio>0.18</commons.jacoco.branchRatio>
     <commons.jacoco.lineRatio>0.84</commons.jacoco.lineRatio>
     <commons.jacoco.complexityRatio>0.76</commons.jacoco.complexityRatio>
+    <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
   </properties>
   <build>
     <resources>
diff --git a/commons-email2-jakarta/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmail.java b/commons-email2-jakarta/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmail.java
index 615c0a479..6ef37c5bf 100644
--- a/commons-email2-jakarta/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmail.java
+++ b/commons-email2-jakarta/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmail.java
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 
 /**
  * <p>
- * Small wrapper class on top of HtmlEmail which encapsulates the required logic to retrieve images that are contained in "&lt;img src=../&gt;" elements in the
- * HTML code. This is done by replacing all img-src-elements with "cid:"-entries and embedding images in the email.
+ * Small wrapper class on top of HtmlEmail which encapsulates the required logic to retrieve images and scripts that are contained in
+ * "&lt;img src=../&gt;" and "&lt;script src=../&gt;" elements in the HTML code.
+ * This is done by replacing all the src-elements with "cid:"-entries and embedding the images/scripts in the email.
  * </p>
  * <p>
  * For local files the class tries to either load them via an absolute path or - if available - use a relative path starting from a base directory. For files
@@ -49,10 +50,10 @@ public class ImageHtmlEmail extends HtmlEmail {
     // can be arbitrary text between "IMG" and "SRC" like IDs and other things.
 
     /** Regexp for extracting {@code <img>} tags */
-    public static final String REGEX_IMG_SRC = "(<[Ii][Mm][Gg]\\s*[^>]*?\\s+[Ss][Rr][Cc]\\s*=\\s*[\"'])([^\"']+?)([\"'])";
+    public static final String REGEX_IMG_SRC = "(<[Ii][Mm][Gg](?=\\s)[^>]*?\\s[Ss][Rr][Cc]\\s*=\\s*[\"'])([^\"']+)([\"'])";
 
     /** Regexp for extracting {@code <script>} tags */
-    public static final String REGEX_SCRIPT_SRC = "(<[Ss][Cc][Rr][Ii][Pp][Tt]\\s*.*?\\s+[Ss][Rr][Cc]\\s*=\\s*[\"'])([^\"']+?)([\"'])";
+    public static final String REGEX_SCRIPT_SRC = "(<[Ss][Cc][Rr][Ii][Pp][Tt](?=\\s)[^>]*?\\s[Ss][Rr][Cc]\\s*=\\s*[\"'])([^\"']+)([\"'])";
 
     // this pattern looks for the HTML image tag which indicates embedded images,
     // the grouping is necessary to allow to replace the element with the CID
diff --git a/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmailBenchmark.java b/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmailBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16957f6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmailBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.mail2.jakarta;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class ImageHtmlEmailBenchmark  {
+
+    private final static int MATCHES_TO_FIND = 50;
+
+    private final static String TEST_HTML = testHtml();
+
+    public final static TestHarness testHarnessCurrentRegex = new TestHarness(
+            ImageHtmlEmail.REGEX_IMG_SRC,
+            ImageHtmlEmail.REGEX_SCRIPT_SRC
+    );
+
+    /**
+     * The original regex pre EMAIL-198
+     */
+    public final static TestHarness testHarnessOriginalRegex = new TestHarness(
+            "(<[Ii][Mm][Gg]\\s*[^>]*?\\s+[Ss][Rr][Cc]\\s*=\\s*[\"'])([^\"']+?)([\"'])",
+            "(<[Ss][Cc][Rr][Ii][Pp][Tt]\\s*.*?\\s+[Ss][Rr][Cc]\\s*=\\s*[\"'])([^\"']+?)([\"'])"
+    );
+
+    /**
+     * Test an alternative regex with a non-greedy url: note the {@code ([^"']+?)} capture.
+     * This should be slower than the current regex test case.
+     */
+    public final static TestHarness testHarnessCurrentRegexNonGreedyUrl = new TestHarness(
+            "(<[Ii][Mm][Gg](?=\\s)[^>]*?\\s[Ss][Rr][Cc]\\s*=\\s*[\"'])([^\"']+?)([\"'])",
+            "(<[Ss][Cc][Rr][Ii][Pp][Tt](?=\\s)[^>]*?\\s[Ss][Rr][Cc]\\s*=\\s*[\"'])([^\"']+?)([\"'])"
+    );
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void testCaseCurrentRegex(Blackhole blackhole) {
+        testHarnessCurrentRegex.runTest(blackhole);
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void testCaseOriginalRegex(Blackhole blackhole) {
+        testHarnessOriginalRegex.runTest(blackhole);
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void testCaseCurrentRegexNonGreedyUrl(Blackhole blackhole) {
+        testHarnessCurrentRegexNonGreedyUrl.runTest(blackhole);
+    }
+
+    public static class TestHarness {
+        private Matcher matcherImg;
+        private Matcher matcherScript;
+
+        public TestHarness(String patternImg, String patternScript){
+            matcherImg = prepareRegex(patternImg);
+            matcherScript = prepareRegex(patternScript);
+        }
+
+        public void runTest(Blackhole blackhole) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < MATCHES_TO_FIND; i++) {
+                blackhole.consume(matcherImg.find());
+                blackhole.consume(matcherScript.find());
+            }
+            matcherImg.reset();
+            matcherScript.reset();
+        }
+
+        public Matcher prepareRegex(String pattern) {
+            return Pattern.compile(pattern).matcher(TEST_HTML);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String testHtml() {
+        String longUrl = new String(new char[200]).replace("\0", "a");
+        String longSpace = new String(new char[100]).replace("\0", " ");
+        StringBuilder html = new StringBuilder();
+        html.append("<html><body><pre>");
+        html.append("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.");
+        for (int i = 0; i < MATCHES_TO_FIND; i++) {
+            html.append("<img" + longSpace +  "xxx=\"no-src-attribute\">");
+            html.append("<script    some=\"true\" other=\"1\" attributes=\"yes\"  src = \"" + longUrl + "\">");
+            html.append("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.");
+        }
+        html.append("</pre></body></html>");
+        return html.toString();
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        org.openjdk.jmh.Main.main(args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmailTest.java b/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmailTest.java
index 8a0174746..597b59360 100644
--- a/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmailTest.java
+++ b/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/mail2/jakarta/ImageHtmlEmailTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.commons.mail2.jakarta;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
@@ -25,11 +26,13 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
@@ -45,6 +48,9 @@
 
 import jakarta.activation.DataSource;
 import jakarta.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 
 class ImageHtmlEmailTest extends HtmlEmailTest {
 
@@ -70,6 +76,8 @@ public DataSource resolve(final String resourceLocation, final boolean isLenient
 
     private static final URL TEST2_HTML_URL = ImageHtmlEmailTest.class.getResource("/attachments/classpathtest.html");
 
+    private static final Pattern imgSrcPattern = Pattern.compile(ImageHtmlEmail.REGEX_IMG_SRC);
+    private static final Pattern scriptSrcPattern = Pattern.compile(ImageHtmlEmail.REGEX_SCRIPT_SRC);
     private MockImageHtmlEmailConcrete email;
 
     private String loadUrlContent(final URL url) throws IOException {
@@ -196,6 +204,57 @@ void testRegex() {
         assertEquals("file1", matcher.group(2));
         assertTrue(matcher.find());
         assertEquals("file2", matcher.group(2));
+
+        // should not match any other tags
+        matcher = pattern.matcher("<nomatch src=\"s\" />");
+        assertFalse(matcher.find());
+
+        matcher = pattern.matcher("<imgx src=\"file1\">");
+        assertFalse(matcher.find());
+
+        // should not match any other attribute
+        matcher = pattern.matcher("<img xsrc=\"file1\">");
+        assertFalse(matcher.find());
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource
+    public void testScriptRegex(String inputHtml, List<String> srcMatches) {
+        Matcher matcher = scriptSrcPattern.matcher(inputHtml);
+        for (String expectedMatch : srcMatches) {
+            assertTrue(matcher.find());
+            assertEquals(expectedMatch, matcher.group(2));
+        }
+        assertFalse(matcher.find());
+    }
+
+    private static Stream<Arguments> testScriptRegex() {
+        Stream<Arguments> argumentsStream = Stream.of(
+                // ensure that the regex that we use is catching the cases correctly
+                Arguments.of("<html><body><script src=\"s\"></script></body></html>", Arrays.asList("s")),
+                Arguments.of("<html><body><script blocking=\"render\" async src=\"s\"></script></body></html>", Arrays.asList("s")),
+                // uppercase
+                Arguments.of("<html><body><SCRIPT BLOCKING=\"render\" ASYNC SRC=\"s\"></script></body></html>", Arrays.asList("s")),
+                // matches twice
+                Arguments.of("<html><body><script src=\"s1\"></script><script src=\"s2\"></script></body></html>", Arrays.asList("s1", "s2")),
+                // what about newlines
+                Arguments.of("<html><body><script\n \rsrc=\"s1\"></script><script \nsrc=\"s2\"></script></body></html>", Arrays.asList("s1", "s2")),
+                // what about newlines and other whitespaces
+                Arguments.of("<html><body><script\n \rsrc  = \t \"s1\" ></script><script \nsrc =\t\"s2\" ></script></body></html>", Arrays.asList("s1", "s2")),
+                // what about some real markup
+                Arguments.of("<script defer=\"\" nomodule=\"\" nonce=\"\" src=\"/jkao/_next/static/chunks/polyfills-c67a75d1b6f99dc8.js\"></script>", Arrays.asList("/jkao/_next/static/chunks/polyfills-c67a75d1b6f99dc8.js")),
+                // try with 5
+                Arguments.of("<html><body><script src=\"s1\"></script><script src=\"s2\"></script><script src=\"s3\"></script><script src=\"s4\"></script><script src=\"s5\"></script></body></html>", Arrays.asList("s1", "s2", "s3", "s4", "s5")),
+                // try with invalid scripts
+                Arguments.of("<script src=\"s\" />", Arrays.asList("s")),
+                Arguments.of("<script src=\"s\">", Arrays.asList("s")),
+                // should not match any other tags
+                Arguments.of("<nomatch src=\"s\" />", Arrays.asList()),
+                Arguments.of("<scriptx src=\"s\" />", Arrays.asList()),
+                // should not match any other attribute
+                Arguments.of("<script xsrc=\"s\" />", Arrays.asList())
+        );
+        return argumentsStream;
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -486,4 +545,40 @@ void testSendHtmlUrl() throws Exception {
         validateSend(fakeMailServer, strSubject, email.getHtml(), email.getFromAddress(), email.getToAddresses(), email.getCcAddresses(),
                 email.getBccAddresses(), true);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmailWithScript() throws Exception {
+        Logger.getLogger(ImageHtmlEmail.class.getName()).setLevel(Level.FINEST);
+
+        getMailServer();
+
+        final String strSubject = "Test HTML Send with Script";
+
+        // Create the email message
+        email = new MockImageHtmlEmailConcrete();
+        final DataSourceResolver dataSourceResolver = new DataSourceClassPathResolver("/", true);
+
+        email.setDataSourceResolver(dataSourceResolver);
+        email.setHostName(strTestMailServer);
+        email.setSmtpPort(getMailServerPort());
+        email.setFrom(strTestMailFrom);
+        email.addTo(strTestMailTo);
+        email.setSubject(strSubject);
+
+        // set the html message
+        email.setHtmlMsg("<html><body><script  type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"scripts/example-script.js\"/></body></html>");
+
+        // send the email
+        email.send();
+
+        fakeMailServer.stop();
+
+        assertEquals(1, fakeMailServer.getMessages().size());
+        final MimeMessage mimeMessage = fakeMailServer.getMessages().get(0).getMimeMessage();
+        MimeMessageUtils.writeMimeMessage(mimeMessage, new File("./target/test-emails/testEmailWithScript.eml"));
+
+        final MimeMessageParser mimeMessageParser = new MimeMessageParser(mimeMessage).parse();
+        assertTrue(mimeMessageParser.getHtmlContent().contains("\"cid:"));
+        assertEquals(1, mimeMessageParser.getAttachmentList().size());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/resources/scripts/example-script.js b/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/resources/scripts/example-script.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e6d1a02b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commons-email2-jakarta/src/test/resources/scripts/example-script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+function hello(){
+  return "Hello, World!";
+}