Index: branches/5.3.x/core/kernel/utility/formatters/upload_formatter.php
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diff -u -N -r15974 -r16111
--- branches/5.3.x/core/kernel/utility/formatters/upload_formatter.php	(.../upload_formatter.php)	(revision 15974)
+++ branches/5.3.x/core/kernel/utility/formatters/upload_formatter.php	(.../upload_formatter.php)	(revision 16111)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* @version	$Id: upload_formatter.php 15974 2013-10-03 12:12:52Z alex $
+* @version	$Id: upload_formatter.php 16111 2014-12-07 14:49:01Z alex $
 * @package	In-Portal
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 1997 - 2011 Intechnic. All rights reserved.
 * @license      GNU/GPL
@@ -62,11 +62,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function Parse($value, $field_name, &$object)
 	{
-		if ( !$this->Application->isAdmin ) {
-			// this allows to revert kUtil::escape() call for each field submitted on front-end
-			$value = is_array($value) ? array_map('htmlspecialchars_decode', $value) : htmlspecialchars_decode($value);
-		}
-
+		$value = $this->Application->HttpQuery->unescapeRequestVariable($value);
 		$options = $object->GetFieldOptions($field_name);
 
 		if ( getArrayValue($options, 'upload_dir') ) {
@@ -458,7 +454,7 @@
 			try {
 				return $image_helper->ResizeImage($file_path, $format);
 			}
-			catch ( \RuntimeException $e ) {
+			catch ( RuntimeException $e ) {
 				// error, during image resize -> return empty string
 				return '';
 			}
@@ -628,4 +624,4 @@
 
 		return parent::GetFormatted($value, $field_name, $object, $format);
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}