SELECT 
  id_path 
FROM 
  cscart_categories 
WHERE 
  category_id IN (
    1543, 1603, 1704, 1708, 1760, 1890, 1905, 
    2001
  )

Query time 0.00035

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "table": {
      "table_name": "cscart_categories",
      "access_type": "range",
      "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "p_category_id"],
      "key": "p_category_id",
      "key_length": "3",
      "used_key_parts": ["category_id"],
      "rows": 8,
      "filtered": 100,
      "index_condition": "cscart_categories.category_id in (1543,1603,1704,1708,1760,1890,1905,2001)"
    }
  }
}

Result

id_path
1516/1529/1540/1543
1516/1529/1537/1603
1669/1699/1704
1669/1706/1708
1760
1887/1888/1890
1887/1904/1905
2001