diff --git a/pages/ajax.render.php b/pages/ajax.render.php
index 4c9e298d3..3c64fa2e5 100644
--- a/pages/ajax.render.php
+++ b/pages/ajax.render.php
@@ -1250,12 +1250,13 @@ EOF
 					'base/layouts/navigation-menu/menu-node'
 				);
 
+				$MenuNameEscaped = utils::HtmlEntities($aValues['name']);
 				// Important: Mind the back ticks to avoid line breaks to break the JS
 				$oPage->add_script(<<<JS
 $('body').trigger('add_shortcut_node.navigation_menu.itop', {
 	parent_menu_node_id: '{$sMenuGroupId}',
 	new_menu_node_html_rendering: `{$sHtml}`,
-	new_menu_name: `{$aValues['name']}`
+	new_menu_name: `{$MenuNameEscaped}`
 });
 JS
 				);