diff --git a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.html/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/html/HTMLReportEmitter.java b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.html/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/html/HTMLReportEmitter.java
index 8d9ad6faa1..e1aa769f2d 100644
--- a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.html/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/html/HTMLReportEmitter.java
+++ b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.html/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/html/HTMLReportEmitter.java
@@ -2962,6 +2962,11 @@ protected void outputSVGImage(IImageContent image, StringBuffer styleBuffer, int
 
 		// build style
 		htmlEmitter.buildImageStyle(image, styleBuffer, display);
+
+		// hyperlink: avoid forwarded events of the embed-tag
+		if (image.getHyperlinkAction() != null) {
+			styleBuffer.append(HTMLTags.ATTR_POINTER_EVENTS + ":none;");
+		}
 		writer.attribute(HTMLTags.ATTR_STYLE, styleBuffer.toString());
 		writer.closeTag(HTMLTags.TAG_EMBED);
 	}
@@ -2982,22 +2987,22 @@ protected void resetImageDefaultBorders(IImageContent image, StringBuffer styleB
 		// border color, use the default
 		// color.
 		if (style.getBorderTopColor() == null) {
-			styleBuffer.append("border-top-color:black");
+			styleBuffer.append("border-top-color:black;");
 		}
 		if (style.getBorderBottomStyle() == null) {
 			styleBuffer.append("border-bottom-style:none;");
 		} else if (style.getBorderBottomColor() == null) {
-			styleBuffer.append("border-bottom-color:black");
+			styleBuffer.append("border-bottom-color:black;");
 		}
 		if (style.getBorderLeftStyle() == null) {
 			styleBuffer.append("border-left-style:none;");
 		} else if (style.getBorderLeftColor() == null) {
-			styleBuffer.append("border-left-color:black");
+			styleBuffer.append("border-left-color:black;");
 		}
 		if (style.getBorderRightStyle() == null) {
 			styleBuffer.append("border-right-style:none;");
 		} else if (style.getBorderRightColor() == null) {
-			styleBuffer.append("border-right-color:black");
+			styleBuffer.append("border-right-color:black;");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/HTMLTags.java b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/HTMLTags.java
index b23aa2c828..dbde16659b 100644
--- a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/HTMLTags.java
+++ b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/HTMLTags.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2007, 2008 Actuate Corporation.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2007, 2008, 2024 Actuate Corporation and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ public class HTMLTags {
 	public static final String ATTR_TYPE = "type"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	/** html tag attribute: span */
 	public static final String ATTR_SPAN = "span"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	/** html tag attribute: embedded images */
+	public static final String ATTR_POINTER_EVENTS = "pointer-events"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 	/** html tag attribute: colspan */
 	public static final String ATTR_COLSPAN = "colspan"; //$NON-NLS-1$