# CVE-2024-40614: EGroupware mishandles an ORDER BY clause

> Authenticated users can exploit SQL injection in EGroupware's sorting functionality to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 25 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-phg7-8mm9-gj88

## What is CVE-2024-40614?

CVE-2024-40614 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

EGroupware before 23.1.20240624 mishandles an ORDER BY clause. This leads to json.php?menuaction=EGroupware\Api\Etemplate\Widget\Nextmatch::ajax_get_rows sort.id SQL injection by authenticated users for Address Book or InfoLog sorting.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40614?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including egroupware/egroupware. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `egroupware/egroupware` | Packagist | All versions | 23.1.20240624 |
| `egroupware/egroupware` | Packagist | All versions | 23.1.20240624 |

Products: Egroupware Egroupware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-40614?

Upgrade egroupware/egroupware to 23.1.20240624 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-40614 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-40614 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-2041](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2041/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3154](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3154/): Unspecified vulnerability in Walter Zorn wz_tooltip.js (aka wz_tooltips) before 4.01, as used by eGroupWare before 1.2.107-2 and other packa (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3155](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3155/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-22243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22243/): EGroupware has SQL Injection in Nextmatch Filter Processing (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2014-2988](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2988/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-40614 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-40614 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-40614 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- egroupware/egroupware (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 23.1.20240624
- egroupware/egroupware (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 23.1.20240624

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40614/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40614/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40614
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40614
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40614

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40614/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.