diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ffffb1faf..f023608b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ endif
 FORGEJO_API_SPEC := public/assets/forgejo/api.v1.yml
 
 SWAGGER_SPEC := templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
-SWAGGER_SPEC_S_TMPL := s|"basePath": *"/api/v1"|"basePath": "{{AppSubUrl \| JSEscape \| Safe}}/api/v1"|g
-SWAGGER_SPEC_S_JSON := s|"basePath": *"{{AppSubUrl \| JSEscape \| Safe}}/api/v1"|"basePath": "/api/v1"|g
+SWAGGER_SPEC_S_TMPL := s|"basePath": *"/api/v1"|"basePath": "{{AppSubUrl \| JSEscape}}/api/v1"|g
+SWAGGER_SPEC_S_JSON := s|"basePath": *"{{AppSubUrl \| JSEscape}}/api/v1"|"basePath": "/api/v1"|g
 SWAGGER_EXCLUDE := code.gitea.io/sdk
 SWAGGER_NEWLINE_COMMAND := -e '$$a\'
 SWAGGER_SPEC_BRANDING := s|Gitea API|Forgejo API|g
diff --git a/modules/context/context_response.go b/modules/context/context_response.go
index d9102b77b..829bca1f5 100644
--- a/modules/context/context_response.go
+++ b/modules/context/context_response.go
@@ -90,6 +90,20 @@ func (ctx *Context) HTML(status int, name base.TplName) {
 	}
 }
 
+// JSONTemplate renders the template as JSON response
+// keep in mind that the template is processed in HTML context, so JSON-things should be handled carefully, eg: by JSEscape
+func (ctx *Context) JSONTemplate(tmpl base.TplName) {
+	t, err := ctx.Render.TemplateLookup(string(tmpl), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("unable to find template", err)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	if err = t.Execute(ctx.Resp, ctx.Data); err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("unable to execute template", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // RenderToString renders the template content to a string
 func (ctx *Context) RenderToString(name base.TplName, data map[string]any) (string, error) {
 	var buf strings.Builder
diff --git a/modules/templates/helper.go b/modules/templates/helper.go
index 90371fa8f..3bf1919b4 100644
--- a/modules/templates/helper.go
+++ b/modules/templates/helper.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func NewFuncMap() template.FuncMap {
 		"Safe":        Safe,
 		"Escape":      Escape,
 		"QueryEscape": url.QueryEscape,
-		"JSEscape":    template.JSEscapeString,
+		"JSEscape":    JSEscapeSafe,
 		"Str2html":    Str2html, // TODO: rename it to SanitizeHTML
 		"URLJoin":     util.URLJoin,
 		"DotEscape":   DotEscape,
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ func Escape(s any) template.HTML {
 	panic(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected type %T", s))
 }
 
+func JSEscapeSafe(s string) template.HTML {
+	return template.HTML(template.JSEscapeString(s))
+}
+
 func RenderEmojiPlain(s any) any {
 	switch v := s.(type) {
 	case string:
diff --git a/modules/templates/helper_test.go b/modules/templates/helper_test.go
index ec83e9ac3..739a92f34 100644
--- a/modules/templates/helper_test.go
+++ b/modules/templates/helper_test.go
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ func TestSubjectBodySeparator(t *testing.T) {
 		"",
 		"Insuficient\n--\nSeparators")
 }
+
+func TestJSEscapeSafe(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.EqualValues(t, `\u0026\u003C\u003E\'\"`, JSEscapeSafe(`&<>'"`))
+}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/api.go b/routers/api/v1/api.go
index 58814d3b2..1babccb65 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/api.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //
 //	Schemes: https, http
 //	BasePath: /api/v1
-//	Version: {{AppVer | JSEscape | Safe}}
+//	Version: {{AppVer | JSEscape}}
 //	License: MIT http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 //
 //	Consumes:
diff --git a/routers/web/auth/oauth.go b/routers/web/auth/oauth.go
index 2adcb3aea..e840e03bc 100644
--- a/routers/web/auth/oauth.go
+++ b/routers/web/auth/oauth.go
@@ -579,16 +579,8 @@ func GrantApplicationOAuth(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 // OIDCWellKnown generates JSON so OIDC clients know Gitea's capabilities
 func OIDCWellKnown(ctx *context.Context) {
-	t, err := ctx.Render.TemplateLookup("user/auth/oidc_wellknown", nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("unable to find template", err)
-		return
-	}
-	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	ctx.Data["SigningKey"] = oauth2.DefaultSigningKey
-	if err = t.Execute(ctx.Resp, ctx.Data); err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("unable to execute template", err)
-	}
+	ctx.JSONTemplate("user/auth/oidc_wellknown")
 }
 
 // OIDCKeys generates the JSON Web Key Set
diff --git a/routers/web/shared/user/header.go b/routers/web/shared/user/header.go
index 203e5fa5a..6830bdb8a 100644
--- a/routers/web/shared/user/header.go
+++ b/routers/web/shared/user/header.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 package user
 
 import (
+	"net/url"
+
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/organization"
 	access_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/perm/access"
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ func PrepareContextForProfileBigAvatar(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["IsFollowing"] = ctx.Doer != nil && user_model.IsFollowing(ctx, ctx.Doer.ID, ctx.ContextUser.ID)
 	ctx.Data["IsBlocked"] = ctx.Doer != nil && user_model.IsBlocked(ctx, ctx.Doer.ID, ctx.ContextUser.ID)
 	ctx.Data["ShowUserEmail"] = setting.UI.ShowUserEmail && ctx.ContextUser.Email != "" && ctx.IsSigned && !ctx.ContextUser.KeepEmailPrivate
-	ctx.Data["UserLocationMapURL"] = setting.Service.UserLocationMapURL
+	ctx.Data["ContextUserLocationMapURL"] = setting.Service.UserLocationMapURL + url.QueryEscape(ctx.ContextUser.Location)
 
 	// Show OpenID URIs
 	openIDs, err := user_model.GetUserOpenIDs(ctx, ctx.ContextUser.ID)
diff --git a/routers/web/swagger_json.go b/routers/web/swagger_json.go
index 493c97aa6..42e9dbe96 100644
--- a/routers/web/swagger_json.go
+++ b/routers/web/swagger_json.go
@@ -4,22 +4,10 @@
 package web
 
 import (
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/base"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
 )
 
-// tplSwaggerV1Json swagger v1 json template
-const tplSwaggerV1Json base.TplName = "swagger/v1_json"
-
 // SwaggerV1Json render swagger v1 json
 func SwaggerV1Json(ctx *context.Context) {
-	t, err := ctx.Render.TemplateLookup(string(tplSwaggerV1Json), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("unable to find template", err)
-		return
-	}
-	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	if err = t.Execute(ctx.Resp, ctx.Data); err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("unable to execute template", err)
-	}
+	ctx.JSONTemplate("swagger/v1_json")
 }
diff --git a/templates/shared/user/profile_big_avatar.tmpl b/templates/shared/user/profile_big_avatar.tmpl
index fefaa9dd1..e731cfe2e 100644
--- a/templates/shared/user/profile_big_avatar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/shared/user/profile_big_avatar.tmpl
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@
 				<li>
 					{{svg "octicon-location"}}
 					<span class="gt-f1">{{.ContextUser.Location}}</span>
-					{{if .UserLocationMapURL}}
-						{{/* We presume that the UserLocationMapURL is safe, as it is provided by the site administrator. */}}
-						<a href="{{.UserLocationMapURL | Safe}}{{.ContextUser.Location | QueryEscape}}" rel="nofollow noreferrer" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "user.show_on_map"}}">
+					{{if .ContextUserLocationMapURL}}
+						<a href="{{.ContextUserLocationMapURL}}" rel="nofollow noreferrer" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "user.show_on_map"}}">
 							{{svg "octicon-link-external"}}
 						</a>
 					{{end}}
diff --git a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
index 8a40cf76d..0b330a89e 100644
--- a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
+++ b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
       "name": "MIT",
       "url": "http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"
     },
-    "version": "{{AppVer | JSEscape | Safe}}"
+    "version": "{{AppVer | JSEscape}}"
   },
-  "basePath": "{{AppSubUrl | JSEscape | Safe}}/api/v1",
+  "basePath": "{{AppSubUrl | JSEscape}}/api/v1",
   "paths": {
     "/activitypub/user-id/{user-id}": {
       "get": {
diff --git a/templates/user/auth/oidc_wellknown.tmpl b/templates/user/auth/oidc_wellknown.tmpl
index 38e6900c3..54bb4a763 100644
--- a/templates/user/auth/oidc_wellknown.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/auth/oidc_wellknown.tmpl
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 {
-    "issuer": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape | Safe}}",
-    "authorization_endpoint": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape | Safe}}login/oauth/authorize",
-    "token_endpoint": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape | Safe}}login/oauth/access_token",
-    "jwks_uri": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape | Safe}}login/oauth/keys",
-    "userinfo_endpoint": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape | Safe}}login/oauth/userinfo",
-    "introspection_endpoint": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape | Safe}}login/oauth/introspect",
+    "issuer": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape}}",
+    "authorization_endpoint": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape}}login/oauth/authorize",
+    "token_endpoint": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape}}login/oauth/access_token",
+    "jwks_uri": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape}}login/oauth/keys",
+    "userinfo_endpoint": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape}}login/oauth/userinfo",
+    "introspection_endpoint": "{{AppUrl | JSEscape}}login/oauth/introspect",
     "response_types_supported": [
         "code",
         "id_token"
     ],
     "id_token_signing_alg_values_supported": [
-        "{{.SigningKey.SigningMethod.Alg | JSEscape | Safe}}"
+        "{{.SigningKey.SigningMethod.Alg | JSEscape}}"
     ],
     "subject_types_supported": [
         "public"