CVE-2024-50332 Overview
SuiteCRM contains a blind SQL injection vulnerability in the DeleteRelationShip functionality. The flaw stems from insufficient input value validation, allowing authenticated attackers to inject SQL statements through the affected endpoint. Successful exploitation compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the CRM database. SuiteCRM is an open-source, enterprise-ready Customer Relationship Management application widely deployed to manage sales, marketing, and customer service data. The maintainers addressed the issue in versions 7.14.6 and 8.7.1, and users are advised to upgrade. No workarounds exist for this vulnerability.
Critical Impact
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can execute blind SQL injection against the SuiteCRM database over the network, leading to full database compromise.
Affected Products
- SuiteCRM versions prior to 7.14.6
- SuiteCRM 8.x versions prior to 8.7.1
- Deployments maintained by SalesAgility
Discovery Timeline
- 2024-11-05 - CVE-2024-50332 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2024-50332
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability resides in the DeleteRelationShip handler within SuiteCRM. The handler accepts user-supplied parameters and passes them into SQL statements without adequate validation or parameterization. This design maps to [CWE-89], improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command. Because the injection is blind, attackers infer database contents through boolean-based or time-based response differences rather than direct output. The attack requires authentication but only low privileges, and no user interaction is needed. Successful exploitation lets attackers read arbitrary tables, modify records, or disrupt CRM operations.
Root Cause
The root cause is insufficient input value validation in the DeleteRelationShip code path. User-controlled input is concatenated into SQL query strings rather than bound as parameters. Any authenticated user can therefore alter the syntactic structure of the executed query.
Attack Vector
Attackers send crafted HTTP requests to the DeleteRelationShip endpoint from an authenticated session. Payloads embed SQL fragments in the vulnerable parameter to trigger conditional query behavior. Time-based payloads reveal data by measuring response delays, while boolean-based payloads infer values from application state changes.
The vulnerability affects the DeleteRelationShip handler in SuiteCRM.
Refer to GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-53xh-mjmq-j35p for technical details:
https://github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM/security/advisories/GHSA-53xh-mjmq-j35p
Detection Methods for CVE-2024-50332
Indicators of Compromise
- HTTP POST or GET requests to SuiteCRM endpoints invoking DeleteRelationShip with SQL metacharacters such as ', --, UNION, SLEEP(, or BENCHMARK( in parameter values.
- Unusually long response times from SuiteCRM pages consistent with time-based blind SQL injection.
- Database error messages or anomalous query patterns in SuiteCRM or MySQL logs correlated with authenticated sessions.
Detection Strategies
- Deploy web application firewall rules that inspect requests to SuiteCRM module actions for SQL injection signatures targeting relationship management parameters.
- Enable MySQL general query logging or slow query logging temporarily to identify anomalous queries originating from the SuiteCRM application user.
- Correlate authenticated user activity with request payloads targeting DeleteRelationShip to identify potential exploitation attempts.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Monitor SuiteCRM access logs for repeated requests to relationship deletion actions from the same session or IP address.
- Alert on outbound queries containing conditional SQL constructs such as AND 1=1, SLEEP, or IF( originating from the CRM application.
- Track failed and successful authentication events to detect credential abuse preceding exploitation attempts.
How to Mitigate CVE-2024-50332
Immediate Actions Required
- Upgrade SuiteCRM to version 7.14.6 or 8.7.1 as soon as possible.
- Audit SuiteCRM user accounts and revoke unnecessary access to reduce the pool of low-privileged users who could exploit the flaw.
- Review database and application logs for evidence of prior exploitation attempts against the DeleteRelationShip endpoint.
Patch Information
SalesAgility addressed CVE-2024-50332 in SuiteCRM 7.14.6 and 8.7.1. Details are available in the GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-53xh-mjmq-j35p. Administrators should follow the standard SuiteCRM upgrade procedure and verify version identifiers after deployment.
Workarounds
- No workarounds are available according to the vendor advisory. Upgrading to a fixed version is required.
- Where immediate upgrade is not feasible, restrict network access to the SuiteCRM instance and enforce strict WAF rules as a compensating control until patching completes.
# Verify the installed SuiteCRM version after upgrade
grep -R "suitecrm_version" /path/to/suitecrm/sugar_version.php
# Ensure the reported version is 7.14.6 or 8.7.1 (or later)
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