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CyberArk SAML SSO for WordPress | CyberArk WordPress SSO Login

CyberArk Single Sign-On (SSO) login for WordPress can be achieved by using our WordPress SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin. Our plugin is compatible with all the SAML compliant Identity Providers. Here we will go through a step-by-step guide to configure SSO login between WordPress site and CyberArk by considering CyberArk as IdP (Identity Provider) and WordPress as SP (Service Provider).

You can visit our WordPress SSO plugin to know more about the other features we provide.

To configure CyberArk as SAML IdP with WordPress, you will need to install the miniOrange WP SAML SP SSO plugin.

Follow the following steps to Configure CyberArk as IdP:

  • In the miniOrange SAML SP SSO plugin, navigate to Service Provider Metadata tab. Here, you can find the SP metadata such as SP Entity ID and ACS (AssertionConsumerService) URL which are required to configure the Identity Provider.

Metadata - SSO data of WordPress site

  • Login with your CyberArk Administrator credentials.

Credentials - CyberArk Admin Login

  • Navigate to the Web Apps under Apps.

  • Navigate - CyberArk Web Apps

    • Click on Add Web Apps.

    • Click - Add Web Apps

      • Click on Custom button, select SAML app and click on Add.

      • Custom - SAML App

        • Click on Yes to add SAML app.

        • Click - Yes to create SAML App

          • Under Settings, enter the following:

          • Name Enter a label for Service Provider.
            Description Enter description for your application.
            Logo Enter logo for your application.

            Navigate - Settings enter the details

            • Click on Trust and click on the Download Metadata File keep the downloaded file handy as it will be used in the later steps.

            • CyberArc IDP - Download Metadata File

              • Click on Choose File to upload the Metadata file downloaded from your Service Provider (WordPress) and click on Save.
              • To get the Metadata, go to the Service Provider tab in the miniOrange SAML plugin. And copy the Metadata URL Or Download the Metadata xml file.

              • WordPress SP - upload IDP Metadata File

                • To assign user to your application , click on Permissions and click on Add.

                • Click - Permissions & Assign user to App

                  • Search for User, Group, or Role to assign user for the application and perform SSO.

                  • CyberArc - User, Group, or Role

                    • Click on Add button.
                    • You have successfully configured CyberArk as SAML IdP (Identity Provider) for achieving CyberArk SSO login into your WordPress (WP) Site.


                      In the WordPress SAML SSO plugin, go to the Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two ways to configure the WordPress SSO plugin:

                      A. By uploading IDP metadata:

                      • Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
                      • Enter the Identity Provider Name
                      • You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.
                      Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-upload metadata

                      B.Manual Configuration:

                      • Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IDP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) as provided by your Identity Provider and click on the Save button.
                      • Click on Test configuration to check the attributes and values sent by IDP.
                      Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Test configuration

                      Step 3: Attribute Mapping

                      • In the free plugin, only NameID is supported for Email and Username attributes of the WordPress user.
                      • When a user performs SSO, the NameID value sent by the IDP will get mapped to the email and username of the WordPress user.
                      Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-attribute mapping

                      In the WordPress SAML SSO plugin, go to the Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two ways to configure the WordPress SSO plugin:

                      A. By uploading IDP metadata:

                      • Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
                      • Enter the Identity Provider Name
                      • You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.

                      B.Manual Configuration:

                      • Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IDP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) as provided by your Identity Provider and click on the Save button.
                      • Click on Test configuration to check the attributes and values sent by IDP.
                      Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Test configuration

                      Step 3: Attribute Mapping

                      • Attribute Mapping feature allows you to map the user attributes sent by the IDP during SSO to the user attributes at WordPress.
                      • In WordPress SAML plugin, go to Attribute/Role Mapping tab and fill up the following fields in Attribute Mapping section.

                      NOTE: If you click on Test Configuration button in Service Provider Setup tab and authenticate with your IDP, you can see a list of attributes sent by the IDP in the Attribute/Role mapping tab. This information can be used to provide the above mapping.


                      In the WordPress SAML SSO plugin, go to the Service Provider Setup tab of the plugin. There are two ways to configure the WordPress SSO plugin:

                      A. By uploading IDP metadata:

                      • Click on Upload IDP metadata button.
                      • Enter the Identity Provider Name
                      • You can either upload a metadata file and click on Upload button or use a metadata URL and click on Fetch Metadata.
                      • In the Premium plugin, you can enable auto-sync for the metadata URL which will auto-update the plugin configuration as per the IDP metadata after a set interval of time
                      Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-enableauto scan

                      B.Manual Configuration:

                      • Provide the required settings (i.e. Identity Provider Name, IDP Entity ID or Issuer, SAML Login URL, X.509 Certificate) as provided by your Identity Provider and click on the Save button.
                      • Click on Test configuration to check the attributes and values sent by IDP.
                      Test configuration - SSO between two WordPress sites

                      • In the Premium Plugin, you can provide the SAML Logout URL to achieve Single Logout on your WordPress site.

                      • Attribute Mapping feature allows you to map the user attributes sent by the IDP during SSO to the user attributes at WordPress.
                      • In WordPress SAML plugin, go to Attribute/Role Mapping tab and fill up the following fields in Attribute Mapping section.
                      Login-attribute mapping - SSO between two WordPress sites

                      • Custom Attribute Mapping: This feature allows you to map any attribute sent by the IDP to the usermeta table of WordPress.
                      Login-attribute mapping - SSO between two WordPress sites

                      Step 4: Role Mapping

                      • In the free plugin, you can choose a Default Role which will be assigned to all the non-admin users when they perform SSO.
                      • Go to Attribute/Role mapping tab and navigate to Role Mapping section.
                      • Select the Default Role and click on the Update button.
                      Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-role mapping

                      Step 4: Role Mapping

                        In the standard plugin, you can choose a default role which will be assigned to all the non-admin users when they perform SSO.

                      • Go to Attribute/Role mapping tab and navigate to Role Mapping section.
                      • Select the Default Role and click on the Save button.
                      Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-role mapping

                      This feature allows you to assign and manage roles of the users when they perform SSO. Along with the default WordPress roles, this is compatible with any custom roles as well.

                      • From the Attribute Mapping section of the plugin, provide a mapping for the field named Group/Role. This attribute will contain the role related information sent by the IDP and will be used for Role Mapping.
                      • Navigate to role mapping section and provide the mappings for the highlighted roles.
                      Login-role mapping - SSO between two WordPress sites

                      • For example, If you want a user whose Group/Role attribute value is wp-editor to be assigned as an Editor in WordPress, just provide the mapping as wp-editor in the Editor field of Role Mapping section.

                      Step 5: SSO settings

                      • In the free plugin you can add a Single Sign-On button by enabling Add a Single Sign-On button on the WordPress Login Page toggle in Option 1.
                      Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-SSO button

                      • If your WordPress theme supports login widget, you can add a login widget to enable SP-Initiated SSO on your site.
                      • Navigate to Redirection and SSO links tab and follow the given steps given under Option 2: Use a Widget to add a login widget on your site.
                      Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-sso setting

                      Step 5: SSO settings

                      In the Standard plugin you can enable SP-initiated SSO using the following options.

                      • Auto-Redirection from site: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access your site will get redirected to the IDP login page and after successful authentication, they will be redirected back to the same page on your site which they were trying to access.
                      • Steps:

                        • Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 1: Auto - Redirection from site.
                        • Enable Redirect to IDP if user not logged in [PROTECT COMPLETE SITE]option.

                        Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-optin 1

                      • Auto-Redirection from WordPress Login: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access the default WordPress login page will get redirected to the IDP login page for authentication. After successful authentication, they will be redirected back to the WordPress site.
                      • Steps:

                        • Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 2: Auto- Redirection from WordPress Login.
                        • Enable Redirect to IDP from WordPress Login Page option.
                        Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-optin 2

                        NOTE: Please enable the Backdoor login and note down the backdoor URL. This will allow you to access the WordPress login page in case you get locked out of the IDP.


                      • SSO Links: You can add SSO links anywhere on your site using the Shortcode and Widget provided in Redirection and SSO Links tab > Option 3: SSO Links section of the plugin
                      • Single Sign On between two WordPress sites | Login-optin 3

                      In the Premium plugin you can enable SP-initiated SSO using the following options.

                      • Auto-Redirection from site: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access your site will get redirected to the IDP login page and after successful authentication they will be redirected back to the same page on your site which they were trying to access.
                      • Steps:

                        • Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 1 : Auto-Redirection from site.
                        • Enable Redirect to IDP if user not logged in [PROTECT COMPLETE SITE] option.
                        Login-optin 1 - SSO between two WordPress sites

                      • Auto-Redirection from WordPress Login: If this option is enabled, any unauthenticated user trying to access the default WordPress login page will get redirected to the IDP login page for authentication. After successful authentication, they will be redirected back to the WordPress site.
                      • Steps:

                        • Go to Redirection and SSO Links tab of the plugin and navigate to Option 2: Auto-Redirection from WordPress Login.
                        • Enable Redirect to IDP from WordPress Login Page option.
                        Login-optin 2 - SSO between two WordPress sites

                        NOTE: Please enable the Backdoor login and note down the backdoor URL. This will allow you to access the WordPress login page in case you get locked out of the IDP login.


                      • Login Button: You can add a customized login button anywhere on your site or WordPress login page by navigating to Option 3: Login Button section of Redirection and SSO Links tab.
                      Login-optin 3 - SSO between two WordPress sites

                      • SSO Links: You can add SSO links anywhere on your site using the Shortcode and Widget provided in Option 4: SSO Links section of Redirection and SSO Links tab.
                      Login-optin 4 - SSO between two WordPress sites

                      Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is an authentication method that requires the user to authenticate themselves for two or more factors, in order to gain access to company resources, applications, or a VPN (OpenVPN in this case). Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) means that users need to provide additional verification factors apart from their username and passwords thus increasing the security of the organization's resources. Checkout more about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) here.

                      Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is an authentication method that requires the user to authenticate themselves for two or more factors, in order to gain access to company resources, applications, or a VPN (OpenVPN in this case). Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) means that users need to provide additional verification factors apart from their username and passwords thus increasing the security of the organization's resources. Checkout more about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) here.

                      Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is an authentication method that requires the user to authenticate themselves for two or more factors, in order to gain access to company resources, applications, or a VPN (OpenVPN in this case). Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) means that users need to provide additional verification factors apart from their username and passwords thus increasing the security of the organization's resources. Checkout more about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) here.

                      Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is an authentication method that requires the user to authenticate themselves for two or more factors, in order to gain access to company resources, applications, or a VPN (OpenVPN in this case). Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) means that users need to provide additional verification factors apart from their username and passwords thus increasing the security of the organization's resources. Checkout more about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) here.



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