SELECT 
  id_path 
FROM 
  cscart_categories 
WHERE 
  category_id IN (1596, 1854, 1932, 2002)

Query time 0.00051

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": 4,
      "filtered": 100,
      "index_condition": "cscart_categories.category_id in (1596,1854,1932,2002)"
    }
  }
}

Result

id_path
1516/1529/1584/1596
1842/1849/1854
1920/1927/1932
2002