What is CVE-2016-5540?

CVE-2016-5540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Micros Xstore Payment, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-5540?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Micros Xstore Payment

CVE-2016-5540

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Retail Xstore Payment component in Oracle Retail Applications 1.x allows local users to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors.

Published 2016-10-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Micros Xstore Payment — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93657 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5540?: CVE-2016-5540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Micros Xstore Payment, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-5540?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.