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 (
    172896, 172897, 172898, 172899, 172900, 
    172901, 172902, 172903, 172904, 172905, 
    172912, 172913, 173084, 173085, 173174, 
    173175, 173178, 173179, 173180, 173181, 
    173182, 173183, 173838, 173839, 173840, 
    173841, 173842, 173843, 173844, 173845, 
    173846, 173847, 173848, 173849, 173850, 
    173851, 173852, 173853, 173936, 173937
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_images_links.position, 
  cscart_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00052

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