SELECT 
  cscart_products_categories.product_id, 
  GROUP_CONCAT(
    IF(
      cscart_products_categories.link_type = "M", 
      CONCAT(
        cscart_products_categories.category_id, 
        "M"
      ), 
      cscart_products_categories.category_id
    )
  ) AS category_ids 
FROM 
  cscart_products_categories 
  INNER JOIN cscart_categories ON cscart_categories.category_id = cscart_products_categories.category_id 
  AND cscart_categories.storefront_id IN (0, 1) 
  AND (
    cscart_categories.usergroup_ids = '' 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(
      0, cscart_categories.usergroup_ids
    ) 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(
      1, cscart_categories.usergroup_ids
    )
  ) 
  AND cscart_categories.status IN ('A', 'H') 
WHERE 
  cscart_products_categories.product_id IN (
    12, 232, 18, 1, 227, 60, 201, 195, 233, 
    152, 34, 278, 46, 45, 8, 44, 181
  ) 
GROUP BY 
  cscart_products_categories.product_id

Query time 0.00092

JSON explain

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      "using_filesort": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "sort_cost": "0.46"
      },
      "nested_loop": [
        {
          "table": {
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            "access_type": "ALL",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY",
              "c_status",
              "p_category_id"
            ],
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 84,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 3,
            "filtered": "4.00",
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              "data_read_per_join": "8K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "category_id",
              "storefront_id",
              "usergroup_ids",
              "status"
            ],
            "attached_condition": "((`rajansecarter_15_june_mve`.`cscart_categories`.`storefront_id` in (0,1)) and ((`rajansecarter_15_june_mve`.`cscart_categories`.`usergroup_ids` = '') or find_in_set(0,`rajansecarter_15_june_mve`.`cscart_categories`.`usergroup_ids`) or find_in_set(1,`rajansecarter_15_june_mve`.`cscart_categories`.`usergroup_ids`)) and (`rajansecarter_15_june_mve`.`cscart_categories`.`status` in ('A','H')))"
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
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            ],
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            ],
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            ],
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            },
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              "category_id",
              "link_type"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}