There are list of SharePoint System Pages which inheriting view permission by default. If you are going to make public SharePoint site , you might not want to access these pages by anonymous users or by Form Based Authentication User.
There are may ways to restrict the users access to these pages that I will explain later in a different post.
Below I’m listing down pages ; those are available in each site under layout mapping.
Site Collection and Site Level Recycle Bin Urls
/_layouts/15/AdminRecycleBin.aspx
/_layouts/15/RecycleBin.aspx
User , User Info , Site Permission related Urls
_layouts/15/permsetup.aspx
This is used to create default groups in SharePoint such as visitors, members and owners.
/_layouts/15/people.aspx?MembershipGroupId=0
All People Url , This can be even used to delete users from the site collection
User Information Hidden List Urls
/_catalogs/users/detail.aspx
/_catalogs/users/simple.aspx
These lists are actually available from previous version of SharePoint. These are hidden lists available in the SharePoint containing user information.
/_layouts/15/userdisp.aspx?id={UserID}&Force=True
This is used to view user information in the same page without redirecting to my site.
/_layouts/quiklnch.aspx
This is used to manage quick launch items in SharePoint.
/_layouts/15/AreaNavigationSettings.aspx
This is used to modify navigation setting in the site collection.
Workflow history hidden list
/Lists/Workflow%20History/AllItems.aspx
This is hidden list for manage and view workflow history items.
Site usage page
/_layouts/15/usage.aspx
This is used to view the usage information. but nothing harmful.
Site content and structure pages
/_layouts/15/sitemanager.aspx
This will bring you site management page which is available from SharePoint 2007.
/_layouts/vsubwebs.aspx
List of heirachy pages
/_layouts/15/settings.aspx
This is the site setting page that contains all administrative links.
/_layouts/15/viewlsts.aspx
This is used to view all site contents. List’s visibility if this page can be hidden using SharePoint designer.
Site and Site Collection feature management links
/_layouts/15/ManageFeatures.aspx
/_layouts/15/ManageFeatures.aspx?Scope=Site
These links are used activate and deactivate features in site and site collection.
SharePoint designer Settings
/_layouts/15/SharePointDesignerSettings.aspx
This is used to enable and disable SharePoint designer settings.
Look and Feel Urls
/_layouts/ChangeSiteMasterPage.aspx
This is used to change site collection master pages.
/_Layouts/AreaTemplateSettings.aspx
This is where user can change Page Layouts, Site Templates and other related settings.
/_catalogs/masterpage/Forms/AllItems.aspx
This is main document library for update and maintain related files and master pages
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