jowilf Starlette-Admin up to 0.16.0 List API starlette_admin/base.py order_by/structured input validation

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A vulnerability was found in jowilf Starlette-Admin up to 0.16.0. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file starlette_admin/base.py of the component List API. Such manipulation of the argument order_by/structured leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-54553. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in jowilf Starlette-Admin up to 0.16.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file starlette_admin/base.py of the component List API. The manipulation of the argument order_by/structured with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Starlette-Admin is a fast, beautiful and extensible administrative interface framework for FastAPI and Starlette applications. Prior to 0.16.1, the list API does not validate user-supplied order_by and structured where field names against the configured sortable_fields and searchable_fields allowlists. An authenticated user with access to an affected list endpoint can submit arbitrary field names to starlette_admin/base.py and the BaseModelView validation path, bypassing restrictions presented by the administrative user interface. Requests can sort or filter on fields that are not intended to be sortable or searchable, causing limited information exposure. Invalid field names and special Python attribute names such as metadata and the class dunder attribute can also trigger unhandled exceptions and HTTP 500 responses, causing limited denial of service for targeted requests. This issue is fixed in version 0.16.1.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-54553 since 06/15/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 0.16.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• jowilf

Name

• Starlette-Admin

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16.0

Website

• Product: https://github.com/jowilf/starlette-admin/

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