Add rate limiting for pagination

**Description**
Currently controllers lacks proper sorting support.

**Proposed solution**
Add configurable sorting with sensible defaults.

**Priority**: Low/Medium

Start by locating the controllers and pagination implementation, then compare the current behavior with the issue text. The title requests rate limiting, while the description and proposed solution request sorting, so the intended change and sensible defaults need clarification before implementation. Done should include agreed configurable behavior and coverage for the affected pagination path.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.