Things could get grimmy

gistfile1.cfm

<cffunction	name=	"grimRequestStructure"
			output=	"false"
			access=	"private"
			hint=	"I convert valid html escaped strings into their code format.">

	<cfargument	name=	"stTarget" />
	<cfargument	name=	"bDuplicate"
				required=	"false"
				default=	"true"
				hint=		"I toggle duplicating the stTarget. If set to false, I simply override values in stTarget." />

	<cfscript>
	var sKey=	"";
	var	stCopy=	stTarget;
	if(	bDuplicate )
		stCopy=	duplicate( stTarget );

	for( sKey in stTarget ) {
		if( IsStruct( stCopy[ sKey ] ) ) {
			stCopy[ sKey ]=	grimRequestStructure( stCopy[ sKey ] );

		}
		else if ( IsSimpleValue( stCopy[ sKey ] ) ) {
			stCopy[ sKey ]=	REReplace(	stCopy[ sKey ] ,
										"&lt;" ,
										'<' ,
										"all" );
			stCopy[ sKey ]=	REReplace(	stCopy[ sKey ] ,
										"&gt;" ,
										'>' ,
										"all" );
			stCopy[ sKey ]=	REReplace(	stCopy[ sKey ] ,
										"&amp;" ,
										'&' ,
										"all" );
			stCopy[ sKey ]=	REReplace(	stCopy[ sKey ] ,
										"&quot;" ,
										'"' ,
										"all" );

		}

	}

	return	stCopy;
	</cfscript>

</cffunction>