Index: typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_menu.php
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--- typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_menu.php	(revision 3551)
+++ typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_menu.php	(working copy)
@@ -1661,6 +1661,13 @@
 				$this->I['key'] = $key;
 				$this->I['INPfix'] = ($this->imgNameNotRandom ? '' : '_'.$this->INPfixMD5).'_'.$key;
 				$this->I['val'] = $val;
+					// add HSC if empty
+				if (!count($this->I['val']['stdWrap.'])) {
+					$this->I['val']['stdWrap.'] = array (
+						'htmlSpecialChars' => 1,
+					);
+				}
+				
 				$this->I['title'] = $this->WMcObj->stdWrap($this->getPageTitle($this->menuArr[$key]['title'],$this->menuArr[$key]['nav_title']),$this->I['val']['stdWrap.']);
 				$this->I['uid'] = $this->menuArr[$key]['uid'];
 				$this->I['mount_pid'] = $this->menuArr[$key]['mount_pid'];