diff --git a/admin/include/updates.class.php b/admin/include/updates.class.php
index e8718779b..68e0ecc9c 100644
--- a/admin/include/updates.class.php
+++ b/admin/include/updates.class.php
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ class updates
    */
   function get_piwigo_new_versions()
   {
+    global $conf;
+
     $new_versions = array(
       'piwigo.org-checked' => false,
       'is_dev' => true,
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ class updates
       $url = PHPWG_URL.'/download/all_versions.php';
       $url.= '?rand='.md5(uniqid(rand(), true)); // Avoid server cache
       $url.= '&show_requirements';
+      $url.= '&origin_hash='.sha1($conf['secret_key'].get_absolute_root_url());
 
       if (@fetchRemote($url, $result)
           and $all_versions = @explode("\n", $result)
@@ -134,6 +137,11 @@ class updates
   {
     global $conf;
 
+    if (!pwg_is_dbconf_writeable())
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+
     $new_versions = $this->get_piwigo_new_versions();
     conf_update_param('update_notify_last_check', date('c'));
 
diff --git a/include/functions.inc.php b/include/functions.inc.php
index f66cb4083..c569819a3 100644
--- a/include/functions.inc.php
+++ b/include/functions.inc.php
@@ -1421,6 +1421,29 @@ SELECT param, value
   trigger_notify('load_conf', $condition);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Is the config table currentable writeable?
+ *
+ * @since 14
+ *
+ * @return boolean
+ */
+function pwg_is_dbconf_writeable()
+{
+  list($param, $value) = array('pwg_is_dbconf_writeable_'.generate_key(12), date('c').' '.generate_key(20));
+
+  conf_update_param($param, $value);
+  list($dbvalue) = pwg_db_fetch_row(pwg_query('SELECT value FROM '.CONFIG_TABLE.' WHERE param = \''.$param.'\''));
+
+  if ($dbvalue != $value)
+  {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  conf_delete_param($param);
+  return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * Add or update a config parameter
  *