diff --git src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php
index b89b56c..4f40b23 100644
--- src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php
+++ src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php
@@ -639,9 +639,11 @@ class WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting extends WP_Customize_Setting {
 		$menu_item_value['original_title'] = sanitize_text_field( $menu_item_value['original_title'] );
 
 		// Apply the same filters as when calling wp_insert_post().
-		$menu_item_value['title'] = apply_filters( 'title_save_pre', $menu_item_value['title'] );
-		$menu_item_value['attr_title'] = apply_filters( 'excerpt_save_pre', $menu_item_value['attr_title'] );
-		$menu_item_value['description'] = apply_filters( 'content_save_pre', $menu_item_value['description'] );
+		if ( ! current_user_can( 'unfiltered_html' ) ) {
+			$menu_item_value['title'] = wp_kses( $menu_item_value['title'], 'title_save_pre' );
+			$menu_item_value['attr_title'] = balanceTags( wp_kses_post( convert_invalid_entities( $menu_item_value['attr_title'] ) ) );
+			$menu_item_value['description'] = balanceTags( wp_kses_post( convert_invalid_entities( $menu_item_value['description'] ) ) );
+		}
 
 		$menu_item_value['url'] = esc_url_raw( $menu_item_value['url'] );
 		if ( 'publish' !== $menu_item_value['status'] ) {