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CVE-2026-41940 Unmapped
WebPros cPanel & WHM and WP2 (WordPress Squared) Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability
- Vendor / product
- WebPros — cPanel & WHM and WP2 (WordPress Squared)
- Description (CISA)
- WebPros cPanel & WHM (WebHost Manager) and WP2 (WordPress Squared) contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the login flow that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the control panel.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-04-30 — after the latest CTID mapping snapshot (2025-07-28)
- Due date
- 2026-05-03
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Known ransomware use
- Known
- CWE
- CWE-306
- CISA notes
- https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/40073787579671-cPanel-WHM-Security-Update-04-28-2026
https://docs.cpanel.net/release-notes/release-notes/
https://docs.wpsquared.com/changelogs/versions/changelog/#13617
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41940" - Elsewhere
- cve.org · NVD · CISA KEV · JSON
ATT&CK techniques
No public source states how this vulnerability is exploited in ATT&CK terms.
The only authoritative CVE → ATT&CK mapping in the open — CTID's Mappings Explorer, pinned to a KEV snapshot of 2025-07-28 and ATT&CK 16.1 — does not include CVE-2026-41940. This entry was added to KEV on 2026-04-30, after that snapshot; of the 283 entries added since, 0 have a mapping. CISA's catalogue carries no technique field. kevmap does not infer techniques from the CWE (CWE-306) — here is why — and does not guess.
This page will change state automatically if a mapping is published. What is shown above is everything CISA publishes about the entry.