diff --git a/htdocs/core/ajax/objectonoff.php b/htdocs/core/ajax/objectonoff.php
index 1f0f6c4fcc8..c4c17b8d25b 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/ajax/objectonoff.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/ajax/objectonoff.php
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ $element = GETPOST('element', 'alpha');
 $object = new GenericObject($db);
 
 // Security check
-if (!empty($user->socid))
+if (!empty($user->socid)) {
 	$socid = $user->socid;
+}
 
+if (empty($conf->global->MAIN_DIRECT_STATUS_UPDATE)) {
+	accessforbidden('Calling this file is allowed only when MAIN_DIRECT_STATUS_UPDATE is set');
+}
 
 
 /*
@@ -52,20 +56,27 @@ top_httphead();
 
 print '<!-- Ajax page called with url '.dol_escape_htmltag($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]).'?'.dol_escape_htmltag($_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]).' -->'."\n";
 
-if ($element == 'societe' && in_array($field, array('status')))
-{
-	$result = restrictedArea($user, 'societe', $id);
-}
-elseif ($element == 'product' && in_array($field, array('tosell', 'tobuy', 'tobatch')))
+if ($element == 'product' && in_array($field, array('tosell', 'tobuy', 'tobatch')))	// Special case for products
 {
 	$result = restrictedArea($user, 'produit|service', $id, 'product&product', '', '', 'rowid');
 }
 else
 {
-	accessforbidden("Bad value for combination of parameters element/field.", 0, 0, 1);
-	exit;
+	if (in_array($field, array('status'))) {
+		$result = restrictedArea($user, $element, $id);
+	} else {
+		accessforbidden("Bad value for combination of parameters element/field.", 0, 0, 1);
+		exit;
+	}
 }
 
 // Registering new values
-if (($action == 'set') && !empty($id))
-	$object->setValueFrom($field, $value, $element, $id);
+if (($action == 'set') && !empty($id)) {
+	$triggerkey = strtoupper($element).'_UPDATE';
+	// Special case
+	if ($triggerkey == 'SOCIETE_UPDATE') {
+		$triggerkey = 'COMPANY_UPDATE';
+	}
+
+	$object->setValueFrom($field, $value, $element, $id, $user, $triggerkey);
+}