I have an MVC app with custom membership and role providers. I am checking

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Asked: June 6, 20262026-06-06T13:52:41+00:00 2026-06-06T13:52:41+00:00

I have an MVC app with custom membership and role providers. I am checking

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I have an MVC app with custom membership and role providers. I am checking whether a user is in a role like this:

public static bool CustomersVisible
{
    get
    {
        return
            HttpContext.Current.User != null &&
            HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated &&
            HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole("Admin");
    }
}

The custom Role provider looks like this:

public class DRRoleProvider : RoleProvider
{
    private IUserProfileRepository _userProfileRepository;
    private IRoleRepository _roleRepository;

    public DRRoleProvider() {}

    public DRRoleProvider(IUserProfileRepository userProfileRepository, IRoleRepository roleRepository)
    {
        _userProfileRepository = userProfileRepository;
        _roleRepository = roleRepository;
    }

. . .

public override bool IsUserInRole(string username, string roleName)
{
    var user = _userProfileRepository.GetByUserName(username);
    var role = _roleRepository.GetByName(roleName);

    if (user != null)
    {
        return user.Roles != null && user.Roles.Contains(role);
    }

    return false;
}

Edited to add: Here is my NinjectControllerFactory:

public class NinjectControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
{
    private IKernel ninjectKernel;

    public NinjectControllerFactory()
    {
        ninjectKernel = new StandardKernel();
        AddBindings();
    }

    protected override IController GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
    {
        return controllerType == null
                   ? null
                   : (IController) ninjectKernel.Get(controllerType);
    }

    private void AddBindings()
    {
        ninjectKernel.Bind<ICustomerRepository>().To<CustomerRepository>();
        ninjectKernel.Bind<IUserProfileRepository>().To<UserProfileRepository>();
        ninjectKernel.Bind<IRoleRepository>().To<RoleRepository>();
        ninjectKernel.Bind<ISessionFactory>().ToProvider<SessionFactoryBuilder>().InSingletonScope();
        ninjectKernel.Bind<ISession>().ToMethod(CreateSession).InSingletonScope();

        ninjectKernel.Inject(Membership.Provider);
        ninjectKernel.Inject(Roles.Provider);
    }

    private ISession CreateSession(IContext context)
    {
        var session = context.Kernel.Get<ISessionFactory>().OpenSession();
        return session;
    }
}

When the IsUserInRole method is called, I get a null reference exception on the _userProfileRepository. How can I make sure the repositories get injected when called from HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole? It works fine when called from my own code.