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.detailed_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 (
    168248, 168249, 173286, 173287, 174094, 
    174095, 174132, 174133, 174138, 174139, 
    174180, 174181, 174522, 174523, 174648, 
    174649, 174650, 174651, 174742, 174743, 
    174744, 174745, 174940, 174941, 174954, 
    174955, 175102, 175103, 175106, 175107, 
    175108, 175109, 175122, 175123, 175124, 
    175125, 175126, 175127, 175202, 175203
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_images_links.position, 
  cscart_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00030

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.detailed_id 1
1 SIMPLE cscart_common_descriptions eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 108 toolboxdigitalshop_dev.cscart_images.image_id,const,const 1 Using where