diff --git a/src/hoc/withHtmlAttributes.js b/src/hoc/withHtmlAttributes.js
index d35968925..27e6cd812 100644
--- a/src/hoc/withHtmlAttributes.js
+++ b/src/hoc/withHtmlAttributes.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { applyFilters } from '@wordpress/hooks';
 import { useUpdateEffect } from 'react-use';
 
 import { convertInlineStyleStringToObject } from '@utils/convertInlineStyleStringToObject';
+import { sanitizeHtmlAttribute } from '@utils/sanitizeHtmlAttribute';
 
 export const booleanAttributes = [
 	'allowfullscreen',
@@ -60,16 +61,6 @@ function shallowEqual( obj1, obj2 ) {
 	return true;
 }
 
-const sanitizeAttributeValue = ( value ) => {
-	// Replace characters like &, <, >, " with their HTML entity equivalents
-	return value
-		.replace( /&/g, '&amp;' )
-		.replace( /</g, '&lt;' )
-		.replace( />/g, '&gt;' )
-		.replace( /"/g, '&quot;' )
-		.replace( /'/g, '&#039;' );
-};
-
 export function withHtmlAttributes( WrappedComponent ) {
 	return ( ( props ) => {
 		const {
@@ -88,7 +79,7 @@ export function withHtmlAttributes( WrappedComponent ) {
 		const isSavingPost = useSelect( ( select ) => select( 'core/editor' ).isSavingPost() );
 		const { style = '', href, ...otherAttributes } = htmlAttributes;
 		const escapedAttributes = Object.keys( otherAttributes ).reduce( ( acc, key ) => {
-			acc[ key ] = sanitizeAttributeValue( otherAttributes[ key ] );
+			acc[ key ] = sanitizeHtmlAttribute( otherAttributes[ key ] );
 			return acc;
 		}, {} );
 		const [ processedStyle, setProcessedStyle ] = useState( style );
diff --git a/src/tests/unit/sanitizeHtmlAttribute.test.js b/src/tests/unit/sanitizeHtmlAttribute.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a81039a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/unit/sanitizeHtmlAttribute.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { sanitizeHtmlAttribute } from '../../utils/sanitizeHtmlAttribute';
+
+describe( 'sanitize HTML attribute', () => {
+	it( 'should return the same value if it is a string', () => {
+		const value = sanitizeHtmlAttribute( 'foo' );
+		expect( value ).toEqual( 'foo' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should convert a number to a string', () => {
+		const value = sanitizeHtmlAttribute( 500 );
+		expect( value ).toEqual( '500' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should convert an object to a string', () => {
+		const value = sanitizeHtmlAttribute( { foo: 'bar' } );
+		expect( value ).toEqual( '{&quot;foo&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;}' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should convert an array to a string', () => {
+		const value = sanitizeHtmlAttribute( [ 'foo', 'bar' ] );
+		expect( value ).toEqual( '[&quot;foo&quot;,&quot;bar&quot;]' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should handle undefined', () => {
+		const value = sanitizeHtmlAttribute( undefined );
+		expect( value ).toEqual( '' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should handle null', () => {
+		const value = sanitizeHtmlAttribute( null );
+		expect( value ).toEqual( '' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should escape HTML special characters', () => {
+		const value = sanitizeHtmlAttribute( 'foo & <bar> "quote" \'single\'' );
+		expect( value ).toEqual( 'foo &amp; &lt;bar&gt; &quot;quote&quot; &#039;single&#039;' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should handle boolean values', () => {
+		expect( sanitizeHtmlAttribute( true ) ).toEqual( 'true' );
+		expect( sanitizeHtmlAttribute( false ) ).toEqual( 'false' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should handle special number values', () => {
+		expect( sanitizeHtmlAttribute( NaN ) ).toEqual( 'NaN' );
+		expect( sanitizeHtmlAttribute( Infinity ) ).toEqual( 'Infinity' );
+		expect( sanitizeHtmlAttribute( -Infinity ) ).toEqual( '-Infinity' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should handle empty string', () => {
+		const value = sanitizeHtmlAttribute( '' );
+		expect( value ).toEqual( '' );
+	} );
+} );
diff --git a/src/utils/sanitizeHtmlAttribute.js b/src/utils/sanitizeHtmlAttribute.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..328004663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/sanitizeHtmlAttribute.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+export const sanitizeHtmlAttribute = ( value ) => {
+	if ( null === value || undefined === value ) {
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	let stringValue = '';
+
+	if ( 'object' === typeof value ) {
+		try {
+			stringValue = JSON.stringify( value );
+		} catch ( e ) {
+			return '';
+		}
+	} else {
+		stringValue = String( value );
+	}
+
+	// Replace characters like &, <, >, " with their HTML entity equivalents
+	return stringValue
+		.replace( /&/g, '&amp;' )
+		.replace( /</g, '&lt;' )
+		.replace( />/g, '&gt;' )
+		.replace( /"/g, '&quot;' )
+		.replace( /'/g, '&#039;' );
+};