SELECT 
  vi_products_categories.product_id, 
  GROUP_CONCAT(
    IF(
      vi_products_categories.link_type = "M", 
      CONCAT(
        vi_products_categories.category_id, 
        "M"
      ), 
      vi_products_categories.category_id
    )
  ) AS category_ids 
FROM 
  vi_products_categories 
  INNER JOIN vi_categories ON vi_categories.category_id = vi_products_categories.category_id 
  AND vi_categories.storefront_id IN (0, 1) 
  AND (
    vi_categories.usergroup_ids = '' 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(0, vi_categories.usergroup_ids) 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(1, vi_categories.usergroup_ids)
  ) 
  AND vi_categories.status IN ('A', 'H') 
WHERE 
  vi_products_categories.product_id IN (
    12, 148, 5, 23, 1, 149, 79, 238, 239, 172, 
    167, 280, 282, 278, 8, 150, 13
  ) 
GROUP BY 
  vi_products_categories.product_id

Query time 0.00072

JSON explain

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  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "nested_loop": [
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "vi_products_categories",
          "access_type": "range",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "pt"],
          "key": "pt",
          "key_length": "3",
          "used_key_parts": ["product_id"],
          "rows": 25,
          "filtered": 100,
          "index_condition": "vi_products_categories.product_id in (12,148,5,23,1,149,79,238,239,172,167,280,282,278,8,150,13)"
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "vi_categories",
          "access_type": "eq_ref",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "c_status", "p_category_id"],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "key_length": "3",
          "used_key_parts": ["category_id"],
          "ref": ["devvipiriscom.vi_products_categories.category_id"],
          "rows": 1,
          "filtered": 100,
          "attached_condition": "vi_categories.storefront_id in (0,1) and (vi_categories.usergroup_ids = '' or find_in_set(0,vi_categories.usergroup_ids) or find_in_set(1,vi_categories.usergroup_ids)) and vi_categories.`status` in ('A','H')"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}