MVC 5 OWIN login with claims and AntiforgeryToken. Do I miss a ClaimsIdentity provider?

Question

I'm trying to learn Claims for MVC 5 OWIN login. I try'ed to keep it as simple as possible. I started with the MVC template and inserted my claims code (see below). I get an error when I use the @Html.AntiForgeryToken() helper in the View.

Error:

A claim of type 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier' or  
'http://schemas.microsoft.com/accesscontrolservice/2010/07/claims/identityprovid    
er' was not present on the provided ClaimsIdentity. 

To enable anti-forgery token support with claims-based authentication, please verify that 
the configured claims provider is providing both of these claims on the ClaimsIdentity 
instances it generates. If the configured claims provider instead uses a different claim 
type as a unique identifier, it can be configured by setting the static property 
AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier.

Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: A claim of type
'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier' or 
'http://schemas.microsoft.com/accesscontrolservice/2010/07/claims/identityprovider' was 
not present on the provided ClaimsIdentity. To enable anti-forgery token
support with claims-based authentication, please verify that the configured claims provider 
is providing both of these claims on the ClaimsIdentity instances it generates. 
If the configured claims provider instead uses a different claim type as a unique 
identifier, it can be configured by setting the static property 
AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier.

Source Error:
Line 4:      using (Html.BeginForm("LogOff", "Account", FormMethod.Post, new 
{ id = "logoutForm", @class = "navbar-right" }))
Line 5:      {
Line 6:      @Html.AntiForgeryToken()

POST Login action

// POST: /Account/Login
[HttpPost]
[AllowAnonymous]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public async Task<ActionResult> Login(LoginViewModel model, string returnUrl)
{
    if (!ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        return View(model);
    }

    var claims = new List<Claim>
    {
        new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, "Brock"),
        new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, "[email protected]")
    };
    var id = new ClaimsIdentity(claims, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);

    var ctx = Request.GetOwinContext();
    var authenticationManager = ctx.Authentication;
    authenticationManager.SignIn(id);

    return RedirectToAction("Welcome");
}

_LoginPartial.cshtml

@using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity
@if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
{
    using (Html.BeginForm("LogOff", "Account", FormMethod.Post, new { id = "logoutForm", @class = "navbar-right" }))
    {
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()

    <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
        <li>
            @Html.ActionLink("Hello " + User.Identity.GetUserName() + "!", "Index", "Manage", routeValues: null, htmlAttributes: new { title = "Manage" })
        </li>
        <li><a href="javascript:document.getElementById('logoutForm').submit()">Log off</a></li>
    </ul>
    }
}

I have tryed setting ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier (like in this SO answer)

protected void Application_Start()
{
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
    FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
    RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
    BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);

    AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier;
}

And then I "only?" get this error

A claim of type 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier' was 
not present on the provided ClaimsIdentity.

I want to keep the antiforgeryToken because it can help against cross-site scripting.

Solution 1

Your claim identity does not have ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, you should add more into claim array:

var claims = new List<Claim>
{
    new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, "username"),
    new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, "[email protected]"),
    new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, "userId"), //should be userid
};

To map the information to Claim for more corrective:

ClaimTypes.Name => map to username
ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier => map to user_id

Since username is unique also, so you are able to use username for anti-forgery token support.

Solution 2

In your Application_Start(), specify which Claim to use as the NameIdentifier:

public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    protected void Application_Start()
    {
        ...

        System.Web.Helpers.AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = 
            System.Security.Claims.ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier;

        ...
    }
}

See: http://brockallen.com/2012/07/08/mvc-4-antiforgerytoken-and-claims/

Solution 3

AntiForgeryConfig

One way to solve it is to set AntiForgeryConfig to use other ClaimType.

protected void Application_Start()
{
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

    WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
    FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
    RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
    BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);

    AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = ClaimTypes.Email;
}

Add NameIdentifier and IdentityProvider ClaimTypes

Alternatively, you can add NameIdentifier and IdentityProvider ClaimTypes to your claims.

List<Claim> _claims = new List<Claim>();
_claims.AddRange(new List<Claim>
{
    new Claim("http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier", _user.Email)),
    new Claim("http://schemas.microsoft.com/accesscontrolservice/2010/07/claims/identityprovider", _user.Email)
})

See: https://stack247.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/antiforgerytoken-a-claim-of-type-nameidentifier-or-identityprovider-was-not-present-on-provided-claimsidentity/

Solution 4

I used this on Global.asax.cs Application_Start() and solved the error:

AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = ClaimTypes.Name;

Solution 5

Your Global.asax.cs file should be like this:

namespace YOUR_PROJECT_NAME
{
    public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
         protected void Application_Start()
         {
             AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
             RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
             AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier;
         }
    }
}

Means If its not like thta, You have to add this code to that:

AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier;

and Don't forget yo change "YOUR_PROJECT_NAME" with yours.

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Comments

[radbyx]

I don't know what the mapping does. First I inserted the NameIdentifier too but got the same error. Then I tryed adding in Global.asax.cs without knowing what it does, but now it works. Maybe it's the same as your mapping? Global.asax.cs.: AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = ClaimTypes.Name; AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = ClaimTypes.Email; AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier = ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier;

[OpTech Marketing]

Thanks Travis, this fixed my issue right away.... Experienced it when applying Auto 0 to OWIN Asp.net

[Manfred]

The error message in the question mentions identityprovider which doesn't exist as a constant in ClaimTypes in ASP.NET MVC 4.6.1. Therefore it appears as if @travis-russi seems to fit better. In this answer new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, "userId') would suffice since AntiForgeryConfig.UniqueClaimTypeIdentifier is set to ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier.