diff --git a/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php b/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php
index 463da87afe..2fa0b5c0d2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php
@@ -572,6 +572,12 @@ class WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting extends WP_Customize_Setting {
 			}
 		}
 
+		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/nav-menu.php */
+		$post->attr_title = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_attr_title', $post->attr_title );
+
+		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/nav-menu.php */
+		$post->description = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_description', wp_trim_words( $post->description, 200 ) );
+
 		return $post;
 	}
 
@@ -619,7 +625,7 @@ class WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting extends WP_Customize_Setting {
 		);
 		$menu_item_value = array_merge( $default, $menu_item_value );
 		$menu_item_value = wp_array_slice_assoc( $menu_item_value, array_keys( $default ) );
-		$menu_item_value['position'] = max( 0, intval( $menu_item_value['position'] ) );
+		$menu_item_value['position'] = intval( $menu_item_value['position'] );
 
 		foreach ( array( 'object_id', 'menu_item_parent', 'nav_menu_term_id' ) as $key ) {
 			// Note we need to allow negative-integer IDs for previewed objects not inserted yet.
@@ -638,14 +644,16 @@ class WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting extends WP_Customize_Setting {
 			$menu_item_value[ $key ] = implode( ' ', array_map( 'sanitize_html_class', $value ) );
 		}
 
-		foreach ( array( 'title', 'attr_title', 'description', 'original_title' ) as $key ) {
-			// @todo Should esc_attr() the attr_title as well?
-			$menu_item_value[ $key ] = sanitize_text_field( $menu_item_value[ $key ] );
-		}
+		$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'] );
 
 		$menu_item_value['url'] = esc_url_raw( $menu_item_value['url'] );
-		if ( ! get_post_status_object( $menu_item_value['status'] ) ) {
-			$menu_item_value['status'] = 'publish';
+		if ( 'publish' !== $menu_item_value['status'] ) {
+			$menu_item_value['status'] = 'draft';
 		}
 
 		$menu_item_value['_invalid'] = (bool) $menu_item_value['_invalid'];
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 3585f5513f..e6aa1c3a24 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-beta3-35579';
+$wp_version = '4.4-beta3-35580';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.