diff --git a/src/Libraries/Storage/Exceptions/FileUploadException.php b/src/Libraries/Storage/Exceptions/FileUploadException.php
index 6f1256a43..aa6c9cc9d 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Storage/Exceptions/FileUploadException.php
+++ b/src/Libraries/Storage/Exceptions/FileUploadException.php
@@ -32,4 +32,13 @@ public static function fileTypeNotAllowed(string $name): FileUploadException
     {
         return new static(_message(ExceptionMessages::FILE_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED, [$name]), E_WARNING);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $name
+     * @return FileUploadException
+     */
+    public static function incorrectMimeTypesConfig(string $name): FileUploadException
+    {
+        return new static(_message(ExceptionMessages::MISSING_CONFIG, $name), E_ERROR);
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Libraries/Storage/UploadedFile.php b/src/Libraries/Storage/UploadedFile.php
index 390ae0052..2038ca05f 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Storage/UploadedFile.php
+++ b/src/Libraries/Storage/UploadedFile.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 use Quantum\Config\Exceptions\ConfigException;
 use Quantum\App\Exceptions\BaseException;
 use Quantum\Di\Exceptions\DiException;
+use Quantum\Loader\Setup;
 use Gumlet\ImageResizeException;
 use ReflectionException;
 use Gumlet\ImageResize;
@@ -99,15 +100,13 @@ class UploadedFile extends SplFileInfo
     ];
 
     /**
-     * Blacklisted extensions
+     * Allowed mime types => allowed extensions map
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $blacklistedExtensions = [
-        'php([0-9])?', 'pht', 'phar', 'phpt', 'pgif', 'phtml', 'phtm', 'phps',
-        'cgi', 'inc', 'env', 'htaccess', 'htpasswd', 'config', 'conf',
-        'bat', 'exe', 'msi', 'cmd', 'dll', 'sh', 'com', 'app', 'sys', 'drv',
-        'pl', 'jar', 'jsp', 'js', 'vb', 'vbscript', 'wsf', 'asp', 'py',
-        'cer', 'csr', 'crt',
+    protected $allowedMimeTypes = [
+        'image/jpeg' => ['jpg', 'jpeg'],
+        'image/png' => ['png'],
+        'application/pdf' => ['pdf'],
     ];
 
     /**
@@ -130,9 +129,23 @@ public function __construct(array $meta)
         $this->originalName = $meta['name'];
         $this->errorCode = $meta['error'];
 
+        $this->loadAllowedMimeTypesFromConfig();
+
         parent::__construct($meta['tmp_name']);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the allowed mime types => extensions map
+     * @param array $allowedMimeTypes
+     * @param bool $merge
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setAllowedMimeTypes(array $allowedMimeTypes, bool $merge = true): UploadedFile
+    {
+        $this->setAllowedMimeTypesMap($allowedMimeTypes, $merge);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get name
      * @return string
@@ -265,7 +278,7 @@ public function save(string $dest, bool $overwrite = false): bool
             throw FileUploadException::fileNotFound($this->getPathname());
         }
 
-        if (!$this->whitelisted($this->getExtension())) {
+        if (!$this->allowed($this->getExtension(), $this->getMimeType())) {
             throw FileUploadException::fileTypeNotAllowed($this->getExtension());
         }
 
@@ -377,17 +390,55 @@ protected function moveUploadedFile(string $filePath): bool
     }
 
     /**
-     * Whitelist the file extension
+     * Validates upload against allowed mime types => extensions map
      * @param string $extension
+     * @param string $mimeType
      * @return bool
      */
-    protected function whitelisted(string $extension): bool
+    protected function allowed(string $extension, string $mimeType): bool
     {
-        if (!preg_match('/(' . implode('|', $this->blacklistedExtensions) . ')$/i', $extension)) {
-            return true;
+        $extension = strtolower($extension);
+        $mimeType = strtolower($mimeType);
+
+        return isset($this->allowedMimeTypes[$mimeType]) &&
+            in_array($extension, $this->allowedMimeTypes[$mimeType], true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loads allowed mime types from config (shared/config/uploads.php) if present.
+	 * @return void
+     * @throws FileUploadException
+     */
+    protected function loadAllowedMimeTypesFromConfig(): void
+    {
+		if (!config()->has('uploads')) {
+			config()->import(new Setup('config', 'uploads'));
+		}
+
+        $allowedMimeTypesMap = config()->get('uploads.allowed_mime_types');
+
+        if ($allowedMimeTypesMap !== null && !is_array($allowedMimeTypesMap)) {
+            throw FileUploadException::incorrectMimeTypesConfig('uploads');
+        }
+
+        if (is_array($allowedMimeTypesMap)) {
+            $this->setAllowedMimeTypesMap($allowedMimeTypesMap);
         }
+    }
 
-        return false;
+    /**
+     * Sets the allowed mime types => extensions map
+     * @param array $allowedMimeTypes
+     * @param bool $merge
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function setAllowedMimeTypesMap(array $allowedMimeTypes, bool $merge = true): void
+    {
+        if ($merge) {
+            $this->allowedMimeTypes = array_merge_recursive($this->allowedMimeTypes, $allowedMimeTypes);
+        } else {
+            $this->allowedMimeTypes = $allowedMimeTypes;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Libraries/Storage/UploadedFileTest.php b/tests/Unit/Libraries/Storage/UploadedFileTest.php
index fc14f4d5a..014fa8aea 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Libraries/Storage/UploadedFileTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Libraries/Storage/UploadedFileTest.php
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public function tearDown(): void
         if (file_exists(base_dir() . DS . 'foo.jpg')) {
             unlink(base_dir() . DS . 'foo.jpg');
         }
+
+        if (file_exists(base_dir() . DS . 'foo.txt')) {
+            unlink(base_dir() . DS . 'foo.txt');
+        }
     }
 
     public function testUploadedFileConstructor()
@@ -146,6 +150,49 @@ public function testUploadedFileUploadAndSave()
         $this->assertTrue(file_exists(base_dir() . DS . $uploadedFile->getNameWithExtension()));
     }
 
+    public function testUploadedFileUploadNotAllowedExtensionForMimeType()
+    {
+        $fileMeta = $this->fileMeta;
+        $fileMeta['name'] = 'foo.php';
+
+        $uploadedFile = new UploadedDouble($fileMeta);
+
+        $this->expectException(FileUploadException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The file type `php` is not allowed.');
+
+        $uploadedFile->save(base_dir());
+    }
+
+    public function testUploadedFileUploadNotAllowedMimeType()
+    {
+        $fileMeta = $this->fileMeta;
+        $fileMeta['name'] = 'foo.jpg';
+        $fileMeta['tmp_name'] = base_dir() . DS . 'journal.log';
+
+        $uploadedFile = new UploadedDouble($fileMeta);
+
+        $this->expectException(FileUploadException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The file type `jpg` is not allowed.');
+
+        $uploadedFile->save(base_dir());
+    }
+
+    public function testUploadedFileUploadAllowedAfterSetterOverride()
+    {
+        $fileMeta = $this->fileMeta;
+        $fileMeta['name'] = 'foo.txt';
+        $fileMeta['tmp_name'] = base_dir() . DS . 'journal.log';
+
+        $uploadedFile = new UploadedDouble($fileMeta);
+
+        $uploadedFile->setAllowedMimeTypes([
+            $uploadedFile->getMimeType() => ['txt'],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($uploadedFile->save(base_dir()));
+        $this->assertTrue(file_exists(base_dir() . DS . $uploadedFile->getNameWithExtension()));
+    }
+
     public function testUploadedFileSaveAndTryOverwrite()
     {
         $uploadedFile = new UploadedDouble($this->fileMeta);
diff --git a/tests/_root/shared/config/uploads.php b/tests/_root/shared/config/uploads.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8bca8a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_root/shared/config/uploads.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    /**
+     * Allowed mime types => extensions map for UploadedFile validation.
+     */
+    'allowed_mime_types' => [
+        // Images
+        'image/jpeg' => ['jpg', 'jpeg'],
+        'image/png' => ['png'],
+        'image/gif' => ['gif'],
+        'image/webp' => ['webp'],
+        'image/svg+xml' => ['svg'],
+        // Audio
+        'audio/mpeg' => ['mp3'],
+        'audio/wav' => ['wav'],
+        'audio/ogg' => ['ogg'],
+        'audio/webm' => ['weba'],
+        // Video
+        'video/mp4' => ['mp4'],
+        'video/mpeg' => ['mpeg', 'mpg'],
+        'video/quicktime' => ['mov'],
+        'video/webm' => ['webm'],
+        'video/x-msvideo' => ['avi'],
+    ],
+];
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