The Admin control panel or commonly termed as admin cp is the admin area of a XenForo forum which can be accessed via a web browser.
Administrator
How to Reset a XenForo Password from phpMyAdmin
If you have lost access to email, there are many ways to reset the password using phpMyAdmin. Here are a couple of really simple ways to reset it.
How to Properly Add Administrator and Super Administrator in XenForo
Usergroups in XenForo has permission set only for the front end (inline moderation, edit post, ban users etc) and provides no access to the admin area.