diff --git a/spec/validator_spec.js b/spec/validator_spec.js
index 0d07e227..e6d91292 100644
--- a/spec/validator_spec.js
+++ b/spec/validator_spec.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
-import {XMLValidator} from "../src/fxp.js";
+import {XMLParser, XMLValidator} from "../src/fxp.js";
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { dirname } from 'path';
 
@@ -405,6 +405,31 @@ describe("should not validate XML documents with multiple root nodes", () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe("should validate only allowed content after the root element", () => {
+    const invalidContent = ['&amp;', '&#65;', '<![CDATA[x]]>', '<!DOCTYPE x>'];
+    const roots = ['<xml></xml>', '<xml/>'];
+
+    it('rejects references, CDATA and DOCTYPE in the epilog', () => {
+        for (const root of roots) for (const content of invalidContent) {
+            expect(XMLValidator.validate(`${root}${content}`)).not.toBe(true);
+        }
+        expect(XMLValidator.validate('<xml/><xml/>')).not.toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects the same content when parsing with validation enabled', () => {
+        const parser = new XMLParser();
+        for (const root of roots) for (const content of invalidContent) {
+            expect(() => parser.parse(`${root}${content}`, true)).toThrow();
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('allows whitespace, comments and processing instructions in the epilog', () => {
+        for (const root of roots) {
+            validate(`${root} \n<!--comment--><?pi?>`);
+        }
+    });
+});
+
 describe("should report correct line numbers for unclosed tags", () => {
 
     it('- child tag', () =>
diff --git a/src/validator.js b/src/validator.js
index 6f9904f0..1a2be6c3 100644
--- a/src/validator.js
+++ b/src/validator.js
@@ -85,12 +85,18 @@ export function validate(xmlData, options) {
         i = result.index;
 
         if (attrStr[attrStr.length - 1] === '/') {
+          if (reachedRoot === true) {
+            return getErrorObject('InvalidXml', 'Multiple possible root nodes found.', getLineNumberForPosition(xmlData, i));
+          }
           //self closing tag
           const attrStrStart = i - attrStr.length;
           attrStr = attrStr.substring(0, attrStr.length - 1);
           const isValid = validateAttributeString(attrStr, options);
           if (isValid === true) {
             tagFound = true;
+            if (tags.length === 0) {
+              reachedRoot = true;
+            }
             //continue; //text may presents after self closing tag
           } else {
             //the result from the nested function returns the position of the error within the attribute
@@ -144,6 +150,9 @@ export function validate(xmlData, options) {
         for (i++; i < xmlData.length; i++) {
           if (xmlData[i] === '<') {
             if (xmlData[i + 1] === '!') {
+              if (reachedRoot === true && !xmlData.startsWith('<!--', i)) {
+                return getErrorObject('InvalidXml', "Extra text at the end", getLineNumberForPosition(xmlData, i));
+              }
               //comment or CADATA
               i++;
               i = readCommentAndCDATA(xmlData, i);
@@ -155,6 +164,9 @@ export function validate(xmlData, options) {
               break;
             }
           } else if (xmlData[i] === '&') {
+            if (reachedRoot === true) {
+              return getErrorObject('InvalidXml', "Extra text at the end", getLineNumberForPosition(xmlData, i));
+            }
             const afterAmp = validateAmpersand(xmlData, i);
             if (afterAmp == -1)
               return getErrorObject('InvalidChar', "char '&' is not expected.", getLineNumberForPosition(xmlData, i));