SELECT 
  cscart_images_links.*, 
  cscart_images.image_path, 
  cscart_common_descriptions.description AS alt, 
  cscart_images.image_x, 
  cscart_images.image_y, 
  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 (
    20620, 20596, 20597, 20598, 20599, 20600, 
    20601, 20602, 20603, 20604, 20605, 
    20606, 20607, 20608, 20609, 20610, 
    20611, 20612, 20613, 20614, 20615, 
    20616, 20617
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_images_links.position, 
  cscart_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00085

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 23 Using index condition; Using filesort
1 SIMPLE cscart_images eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 3 mahm3t_cs443.cscart_images_links.image_id 1 Using where
1 SIMPLE cscart_common_descriptions eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 107 mahm3t_cs443.cscart_images.image_id,const,const 1 Using where