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 (
    168258, 168259, 175412, 175413, 177546, 
    177547, 177548, 177549, 177550, 177551, 
    177552, 177553, 177554, 177555, 177556, 
    177557, 177792, 177793, 178642, 178643, 
    178644, 178645, 178872, 178873, 178906, 
    178907, 178908, 178909, 178910, 178911, 
    178944, 178945, 179010, 179011, 179034, 
    179035, 179044, 179045, 179186, 179187
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_images_links.position, 
  cscart_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00036

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