SELECT 
  cscart_images.*, 
  cscart_images_links.*, 
  cscart_common_descriptions.description AS alt, 
  cscart_images.image_id AS images_image_id 
FROM 
  cscart_images_links 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_images ON cscart_images_links.image_id = cscart_images.image_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_common_descriptions ON cscart_common_descriptions.object_id = cscart_images.image_id 
  AND cscart_common_descriptions.object_holder = 'images' 
  AND cscart_common_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  cscart_images_links.object_type = 'variant_image' 
  AND cscart_images_links.type = 'V' 
  AND cscart_images_links.object_id IN (
    171468, 171469, 171482, 171483, 171494, 
    171495, 171738, 171739, 172512, 172513, 
    172730, 172731, 172734, 172735, 172858, 
    172859, 172932, 172933, 173238, 173239, 
    173252, 173253, 173254, 173255, 173256, 
    173257, 173258, 173259, 173260, 173261, 
    173262, 173263, 173290, 173291, 173292, 
    173293, 173294, 173295, 173298, 173299
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_images_links.position, 
  cscart_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00038

Explain
id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra
1 SIMPLE cscart_images_links range object_id object_id 81 40 Using index condition; Using filesort
1 SIMPLE cscart_images eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 toolboxdigitalshop_dev.cscart_images_links.image_id 1
1 SIMPLE cscart_common_descriptions eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 108 toolboxdigitalshop_dev.cscart_images.image_id,const,const 1 Using where