diff --git a/addons/website/__manifest__.py b/addons/website/__manifest__.py
index 1aacd6215a2..c138b651c9e 100644
--- a/addons/website/__manifest__.py
+++ b/addons/website/__manifest__.py
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@
             'website/static/src/xml/website.background.video.xml',
             'website/static/src/xml/website.share.xml',
             'website/static/src/js/text_processing.js',
+            # Stable fix, will be replaced by an `ir.asset` in master to be able
+            # to clean `<script>` tags in embed code snippets in edit mode.
+            'website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/000.js',
         ],
         'web.assets_frontend_minimal': [
             'website/static/src/js/content/inject_dom.js',
@@ -255,7 +258,6 @@
             'website/static/src/snippets/s_map/options.js',
             'website/static/src/snippets/s_dynamic_snippet/options.js',
             'website/static/src/snippets/s_dynamic_snippet_carousel/options.js',
-            'website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/options.js',
             'website/static/src/snippets/s_website_controller_page_listing_layout/options.js',
             'website/static/src/snippets/s_website_form/options.js',
             'website/static/src/js/form_editor_registry.js',
@@ -282,6 +284,7 @@
             ('include', 'web_editor.assets_legacy_wysiwyg'),
             ('include', 'website.assets_wysiwyg'),
             'website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js',
+            'website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/options.js',
         ],
         'web_editor.assets_media_dialog': [
             'website/static/src/components/media_dialog/image_selector.js',
diff --git a/addons/website/i18n/website.pot b/addons/website/i18n/website.pot
index bf618c7e489..5f3189915d4 100644
--- a/addons/website/i18n/website.pot
+++ b/addons/website/i18n/website.pot
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Odoo Server 17.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2024-01-29 10:44+0000\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2024-01-29 10:44+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2024-02-05 12:08+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -4109,6 +4109,16 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Display this website when users visit this domain"
 msgstr ""
 
+#. module: website
+#. odoo-javascript
+#: code:addons/website/static/src/components/edit_head_body_dialog/edit_head_body_dialog.xml:0
+#: code:addons/website/static/src/xml/website.editor.xml:0
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Do not copy/paste code you do not understand, this could put your data at "
+"risk."
+msgstr ""
+
 #. module: website
 #: model_terms:ir.ui.view,arch_db:website.s_mega_menu_cards
 msgid ""
@@ -5902,6 +5912,16 @@ msgid ""
 "cancel to return to edit mode."
 msgstr ""
 
+#. module: website
+#. odoo-javascript
+#: code:addons/website/static/src/components/resource_editor/resource_editor_warning.xml:0
+#: code:addons/website/static/src/xml/website.editor.xml:0
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"If you need to add analytics or marketing tags, inject code in your <head> "
+"or <body> instead."
+msgstr ""
+
 #. module: website
 #. odoo-javascript
 #: code:addons/website/static/src/components/resource_editor/resource_editor_warning.xml:0
@@ -12652,6 +12672,15 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Your Email"
 msgstr ""
 
+#. module: website
+#. odoo-javascript
+#: code:addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/000.js:0
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Your Embed Code snippet doesn't have anything to display. Click on Edit to "
+"modify it."
+msgstr ""
+
 #. module: website
 #. odoo-javascript
 #: code:addons/website/static/src/js/send_mail_form.js:0
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/components/edit_head_body_dialog/edit_head_body_dialog.xml b/addons/website/static/src/components/edit_head_body_dialog/edit_head_body_dialog.xml
index 1c6ce349d4f..1aff4f61472 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/components/edit_head_body_dialog/edit_head_body_dialog.xml
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/components/edit_head_body_dialog/edit_head_body_dialog.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 <t t-name="website.EditHeadBodyDialog">
     <Dialog title="'Edit Head and Body Code'">
+        <p class="h5">Do not copy/paste code you do not understand, this could put your data at risk.</p>
         <div>Enter code that will be added into the &lt;head&gt; of every page of your site.</div>
         <CodeEditor mode="'xml'" theme="'monokai'"
             class="'my-2 rounded border o_website_code_editor_field'"
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/components/resource_editor/resource_editor_warning.xml b/addons/website/static/src/components/resource_editor/resource_editor_warning.xml
index 5d278a7ea13..6e7a994b84f 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/components/resource_editor/resource_editor_warning.xml
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/components/resource_editor/resource_editor_warning.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                 <i class="fa fa-warning mb-4 fs-1 text-danger"/>
                 <div>
                     <h1 class="fs-2 text-dark">Your changes might be lost during future Odoo upgrade.</h1>
-                    <p>If you need to add analytics or marketing tags, inject code in your header or body instead.</p>
+                    <p>If you need to add analytics or marketing tags, inject code in your &lt;head&gt; or &lt;body&gt; instead.</p>
                     <em>Note: To embed code in this specific page, use the "Embed Code" building block</em>
                     <div class="d-flex flex-row gap-3 pt-4">
                         <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" t-on-click="onInjectCode">Inject code in header or body</button>
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js b/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js
index 66eb656ca2f..9e2597fe8b2 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useHotkey } from '@web/core/hotkeys/hotkey_hook';
 import { Wysiwyg } from "@web_editor/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg";
 import weUtils from '@web_editor/js/common/utils';
 import { isMediaElement } from '@web_editor/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils';
+import { cloneContentEls } from "@website/js/utils";
 
 import { EditMenuDialog, MenuDialog } from "../dialog/edit_menu";
 import { WebsiteDialog } from '../dialog/dialog';
@@ -904,11 +905,27 @@ export class WysiwygAdapterComponent extends Wysiwyg {
     /**
      * @override
      */
-    async _saveElement($el, context, withLang) {
+    async _saveElement($el, context, withLang, ...rest) {
         var promises = [];
 
-        // Saving a view content
-        await super._saveElement(...arguments);
+        // Saving Embed Code snippets with <script> in the database, as these
+        // elements are removed in edit mode.
+        if ($el[0].querySelector(".s_embed_code")) {
+            // Copied so as not to impact the actual DOM and prevent scripts
+            // from loading.
+            const $clonedEl = $el.clone(true, true);
+            for (const embedCodeEl of $clonedEl[0].querySelectorAll(".s_embed_code")) {
+                const embedTemplateEl = embedCodeEl.querySelector(".s_embed_code_saved");
+                if (embedTemplateEl) {
+                    embedCodeEl.querySelector(".s_embed_code_embedded")
+                        .replaceChildren(cloneContentEls(embedTemplateEl.content, true));
+                }
+            }
+            await super._saveElement($clonedEl, context, withLang, ...rest);
+        } else {
+            // Saving a view content
+            await super._saveElement(...arguments);
+        }
 
         // Saving mega menu options
         if ($el.data('oe-field') === 'mega_menu_content') {
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/js/utils.js b/addons/website/static/src/js/utils.js
index 51a1dc37819..990fa003e6d 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/js/utils.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/js/utils.js
@@ -438,6 +438,29 @@ function getParsedDataFor(formId, parentEl) {
     );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Deep clones children or parses a string into elements, with or without
+ * <script> elements.
+ *
+ * @param {DocumentFragment|HTMLElement|String} content
+ * @param {Boolean} [keepScripts=false] - whether to keep script tags or not.
+ * @returns {DocumentFragment}
+ */
+export function cloneContentEls(content, keepScripts = false) {
+    let copyFragment;
+    if (typeof content === "string") {
+        copyFragment = new Range().createContextualFragment(content);
+    } else {
+        copyFragment = new DocumentFragment();
+        const els = [...content.children].map(el => el.cloneNode(true));
+        copyFragment.append(...els);
+    }
+    if (!keepScripts) {
+        copyFragment.querySelectorAll("script").forEach(scriptEl => scriptEl.remove());
+    }
+    return copyFragment;
+}
+
 export default {
     loadAnchors: loadAnchors,
     autocompleteWithPages: autocompleteWithPages,
@@ -452,4 +475,5 @@ export default {
     generateGMapLink: generateGMapLink,
     isMobile: isMobile,
     getParsedDataFor: getParsedDataFor,
+    cloneContentEls: cloneContentEls,
 };
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/000.js b/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/000.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d125516862b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/000.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/** @odoo-module **/
+
+import publicWidget from "@web/legacy/js/public/public_widget";
+import { _t } from "@web/core/l10n/translation";
+import { cloneContentEls } from "@website/js/utils";
+
+const EmbedCodeWidget = publicWidget.Widget.extend({
+    selector: ".s_embed_code",
+    disabledInEditableMode: false,
+
+    /**
+     * @override
+     */
+    async start() {
+        this.embedCodeEl = this.el.querySelector(".s_embed_code_embedded");
+
+        // TODO this should not be the widget's job to create this element but
+        // the job of the related editor option. This was done as a stable fix
+        // and we should make an upgrade script in master to be able to get rid
+        // of this code.
+        if (!this.el.querySelector("template.s_embed_code_saved")) {
+            const templateEl = document.createElement("template");
+            templateEl.classList.add("s_embed_code_saved");
+            templateEl.content.append(cloneContentEls(this.embedCodeEl, true));
+            this.el.prepend(templateEl);
+        }
+
+        if (this.editableMode && this.embedCodeEl.offsetHeight === 0) {
+            // Shows a placeholder message in edit mode to be able to select
+            // the snippet if it's visually empty.
+            const placeholderEl = document.createElement("div");
+            placeholderEl.classList
+                .add("s_embed_code_placeholder", "alert", "alert-info", "pt16", "pb16");
+            placeholderEl.textContent = _t("Your Embed Code snippet doesn't have anything to display. Click on Edit to modify it.");
+            this.el.querySelector(".s_embed_code_embedded").appendChild(placeholderEl);
+        }
+        return this._super(...arguments);
+    },
+    /**
+     * @override
+     */
+    destroy() {
+        this._super(...arguments);
+
+        // Just before entering edit mode, reinitialize the snippet's content,
+        // without <script> elements. This is both done so that scripts don't
+        // affect the DOM in edit mode, and to remove elements that would have
+        // been introduced by a script.
+        if (!this.editableMode) {
+            const templateContent = this.el.querySelector("template.s_embed_code_saved").content;
+            this.embedCodeEl.replaceChildren(cloneContentEls(templateContent));
+        }
+    },
+});
+
+publicWidget.registry.EmbedCode = EmbedCodeWidget;
+
+export default EmbedCodeWidget;
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/options.js b/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/options.js
index a97227fba7c..403ef2046ce 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/options.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_embed_code/options.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 /** @odoo-module **/
 import { Dialog } from "@web/core/dialog/dialog";
 import { CodeEditor } from "@web/core/code_editor/code_editor";
+import { useService } from "@web/core/utils/hooks";
 import options from '@web_editor/js/editor/snippets.options';
 import { _t } from "@web/core/l10n/translation";
+import { EditHeadBodyDialog } from "@website/components/edit_head_body_dialog/edit_head_body_dialog";
+import { cloneContentEls } from "@website/js/utils";
 
 import { Component, useState } from "@odoo/owl";
 
@@ -10,6 +13,7 @@ class CodeEditorDialog extends Component {
     static template = "website.s_embed_code_dialog";
     static components = { Dialog, CodeEditor };
     setup() {
+        this.dialog = useService("dialog");
         this.state = useState({ value: this.props.value });
     }
     onCodeChange(newValue) {
@@ -19,6 +23,10 @@ class CodeEditorDialog extends Component {
         this.props.confirm(this.state.value);
         this.props.close();
     }
+    onInjectHeadOrBody() {
+        this.dialog.add(EditHeadBodyDialog);
+        this.props.close();
+    }
 }
 
 options.registry.EmbedCode = options.Class.extend({
@@ -32,15 +40,20 @@ options.registry.EmbedCode = options.Class.extend({
 
     async editCode() {
         const $container = this.$target.find('.s_embed_code_embedded');
-        const code = $container.html().trim();
+        const templateEl = this.$target[0].querySelector("template.s_embed_code_saved");
+        const embedContent = templateEl.innerHTML.trim();
 
         await new Promise(resolve => {
             this.dialog.add(CodeEditorDialog, {
                 title: _t("Edit embedded code"),
-                value: code,
+                value: embedContent,
                 mode: "xml",
                 confirm: (newValue) => {
-                   $container[0].innerHTML = newValue;
+                    // Removes scripts tags from the DOM as we don't want them
+                    // to interfere during edition, but keeps them in a
+                    // `<template>` that will be saved to the database.
+                    templateEl.content.replaceChildren(cloneContentEls(newValue, true));
+                    $container[0].replaceChildren(cloneContentEls(newValue));
                 }
             }, {
                 onClose: resolve,
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/xml/website.editor.xml b/addons/website/static/src/xml/website.editor.xml
index 1389e9a6455..629c8d5316f 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/xml/website.editor.xml
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/xml/website.editor.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@
     <!-- Theme - custom code -->
     <t t-name="website.s_embed_code_dialog">
         <Dialog title="props.title">
+            <p class="h5">Do not copy/paste code you do not understand, this could put your data at risk.</p>
+            <p>
+                <button class="btn btn-link ps-0" t-on-click="onInjectHeadOrBody">
+                    If you need to add analytics or marketing tags, inject code in your &lt;head&gt; or &lt;body&gt; instead.
+                </button>
+            </p>
             <CodeEditor mode="props.mode"
                         class="'o_website_code_editor_field'"
                         theme="'monokai'"
diff --git a/addons/website/views/snippets/s_embed_code.xml b/addons/website/views/snippets/s_embed_code.xml
index dbbaa5c93eb..cdd1fbafbf8 100644
--- a/addons/website/views/snippets/s_embed_code.xml
+++ b/addons/website/views/snippets/s_embed_code.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
     </xpath>
 </template>
 
+<!-- Snippet assets -->
+<!-- TODO: create a new ir.asset for s_embed_code_000_js in master. -->
+
 <record id="website.s_embed_code_000_scss" model="ir.asset">
     <field name="name">Embed Code 000 SCSS</field>
     <field name="bundle">web.assets_frontend</field>