diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Diagnostics/Api/FirewallController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Diagnostics/Api/FirewallController.php
index e400360ce..ecaa8e991 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Diagnostics/Api/FirewallController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Diagnostics/Api/FirewallController.php
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ class FirewallController extends ApiControllerBase
             if ($this->request->getPost('searchPhrase', 'string', '') != '') {
                 $searchPhrase = $filter->sanitize($this->request->getPost('searchPhrase'), 'query');
             }
-            if ($this->request->has('sort') && is_array($this->request->getPost("sort"))) {
+            if (
+                $this->request->has('sort') &&
+                is_array($this->request->getPost("sort")) &&
+                !empty($this->request->getPost("sort"))
+            ) {
                 $tmp = array_keys($this->request->getPost("sort"));
                 $sortBy = $tmp[0] . " " . $this->request->getPost("sort")[$tmp[0]];
             }
@@ -231,7 +235,11 @@ class FirewallController extends ApiControllerBase
             if ($this->request->getPost('searchPhrase', 'string', '') != '') {
                 $searchPhrase = $filter->sanitize($this->request->getPost('searchPhrase'), 'query');
             }
-            if ($this->request->has('sort') && is_array($this->request->getPost("sort"))) {
+            if (
+                $this->request->has('sort') &&
+                is_array($this->request->getPost("sort")) &&
+                !empty($this->request->getPost("sort"))
+            ) {
                 $tmp = array_keys($this->request->getPost("sort"));
                 $sortBy = $tmp[0] . " " . $this->request->getPost("sort")[$tmp[0]];
             }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasUtilController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasUtilController.php
index 88e396e92..428e422a2 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasUtilController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasUtilController.php
@@ -117,7 +117,11 @@ class AliasUtilController extends ApiControllerBase
             return $item;
         }, $entry_keys);
 
-        if ($this->request->hasPost('sort') && is_array($this->request->getPost('sort'))) {
+        if (
+            $this->request->hasPost('sort') &&
+            is_array($this->request->getPost('sort')) &&
+            !empty($this->request->getPost('sort'))
+        ) {
             $sortcolumn = array_key_first($this->request->getPost('sort'));
             $sort_order = $this->request->getPost('sort')[$sortcolumn];
             if (!empty(array_column($formatted_full, $sortcolumn))) {
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/IDS/Api/SettingsController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/IDS/Api/SettingsController.php
index de7745e04..9bf8eb0e9 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/IDS/Api/SettingsController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/IDS/Api/SettingsController.php
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ class SettingsController extends ApiMutableModelControllerBase
             $itemsPerPage = $this->request->getPost('rowCount', 'int', 9999);
             $currentPage = $this->request->getPost('current', 'int', 1);
 
-            if ($this->request->hasPost('sort') && is_array($this->request->getPost("sort"))) {
+            if (
+                $this->request->hasPost('sort') &&
+                is_array($this->request->getPost("sort")) &&
+                !empty($this->request->getPost("sort"))
+            ) {
                 $sortStr = '';
                 $sortBy = array_keys($this->request->getPost("sort"));
                 if ($this->request->getPost("sort")[$sortBy[0]] == "desc") {